Features and Benefits | Access and Purchase | Cost and Billing
The Road Runner service now includes access to even more premium online content and services. With added content provided in our Road Runner Premium Services, subscribers can now enjoy a variety of member-only content available at discounted Road Runner subscriber pricing.
- Road Runner Variety Pack – a subscription to a combination of online services that offers access to thousands of greeting cards, complete multimedia encyclopedia content, premium sports, weather information, over 90 online learning activities for your children, and an entire game library.
- Road Runner Music – CD quality streaming music.
- Roadrunner Music To Go – Downloadable music.
Road Runner Variety Pack features include:
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Access to thousands of cards in many categories including holidays, birthday, love, friendship, special collections, events, thank you, family, religious and more.
Create and print feature allows users to create customized cards. It’s like having a greeting card store in your home. |
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Unlimited access to the full, updated content of the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica.
Access thousands of video and audio clips, hundreds of magazines and journals, and more – all in an advertising-free environment. |
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Offers a variety of premium MLB content with access to five great premium services from MLB.com
Get statistics on all of the games and access to radio and video highlights |
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Focuses on the educational skills that are most important to a child’s development, including language, numbers, spatial reasoning, logic, and critical thinking.
Learning activities to improve the basic skills your child needs including reading, writing, spelling, math, science, logic and much more. |
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Delivers 24 hour a day access to a library containing more than 100 premium games.
Games are full screenplay with no pop-ups, banners, or other ads |
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Features current conditions and forecasts for over 77,000 locations worldwide, along with local and regional radars
Conveniently provides access to some of the same video content available at the Weather Channel television network |
Road Runner Music / Road Runner Music To-Go
Road Runner Music and Road Runner Music To-Go are subscription services that offer access to the biggest online music library, enabling subscribers to search for and play songs on their PC. With CD quality music, Road Runner Music and Music To-Go offer unrivalled quality, clarity, and sound.
Road Runner Music Features & Highlights
- Unlimited access to over 2 million songs as well as commercial free online radio stations and playlists
- Streaming music
- Unlimited downloads to their PC (downloaded music will only be accessible for as long as the customer is an active subscriber)
- Permanent downloads – customers can burn music to a CD or transfer to a portable MP3 player* for a cost per song
- Parental controls
- Online magazine subscriptions to PC World and Sync
Road Runner Music To-Go Features & Highlights
Subscribers to the Road Runner Music To-Go service enjoy all of the same features as Road Runner Music customers with one primary difference: Road Runner Music To-Go subscribers can transfer an unlimited number of songs to their portable MP3 player* at no additional cost. These songs are available on the portable device only while the customer subscribes to Road Runner Music To-Go.
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The ultimate card store on the Internet enables users to enhance their relationships by sending premium “store-like” greeting cards. AmericanGreetings.com is comprised of over 5,000 greeting card styles and formats. The service provides a mix of cards and messages that can be customized and printed or even sent online to friends.
Features include:
- Access to thousands of cards in many categories including holidays, birthday, love, friendship, special collections, events, thank you, family, religious and more.
- Ability to customize special cards, style, and text.
- Ability to Email a certain card style to 20 people at once.
- Address book reminder ensures consumers don’t miss a special date!
- Create and print feature allows users to create customized cards. It’s like having a greeting card store in your home.
Features that are not available at this time are:
- The interactive calendar, and
- The use of the paper card option. Customers will be notified when these features are available.
Note: In order to ensure the seamless use of this service, customers are advised to disable their Anti Virus program and/or Pop up blocker, close their web browser, then return to the site.
Click here for more information on American Greetings (AG) Online.
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This service is the online version of the venerable 267-year-old Encyclopedia Britannica. Members have unlimited access to the full, updated online version of the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica. Plus, you will also be able to access thousands of video and audio clips, hundreds of magazines and journals, and more – all in an advertising-free environment.
Features include:
- Search and browse Britannica, Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary and Thesaurus.
- Search for videos and other multimedia, magazine articles, and Internet links (selected by Britannica editors).
- Browse the World Atlas – a guide to the world’s nation, people, and places. Trace selected topics through history with illustrations and key dates using interactive timelines.
- Activity guides for language arts, mathematics, and science for students including lesson plans and worksheets for parents.
Click here for more information on Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MLB.com contains Major League Baseball content. It offers a variety of premium MLB content with access to five great premium services from MLB.com including:
- Condensed Games – Condensed versions of each game, providing every hit, run and out. Watch a game in 20 minutes! Users see approximately 85 pitches in an action-packed stream. Watch Condensed Games everyday.
- Gameday Audio – Listen live to radio broadcasts of every game.
- Extended Highlights – Missed a game and want to know the key plays? Interested in seeing what happened with a match up, but don't want to watch the full game archive? Our Extended Highlights feature all the key plays – offensive blasts and defensive gems – in a highlight reel available shortly after the game concludes.
- Searchable Video – Our video search engine lets you view your selected players at the plate – see their home runs, hits, and strikeouts. Go beyond the box score for the in-depth information you want about their at-bats. A terrific tool to help you keep track of your fantasy prospects.
- MLB.com Radio – An all-baseball interactive radio station. MLB.com Radio programming keeps fans updated on the latest baseball information through live interviews with their favorite players, officials from Major League Baseball, past stars of the game and live press conferences when breaking news hits.
Click here for more information and MLB.com technical support.
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Clever Island focuses on the educational skills that are most important to a child’s development, including language, numbers, spatial reasoning, logic, and critical thinking. Activities are designed by leading experts in education and child development to be engaging, powerful, and fun.
Features include:
- Over 90 award-winning online learning activities updated monthly.
- Safe, secure web site.
- Learning activities to improve the basic skills your child needs including reading, writing, spelling, math, science, logic and much more.
Click here for more information regarding Clever Island.
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Shockwave.com UNLIMITED delivers 24 hour a day access to a library containing more than 100 premium games. This library is updated each month with new worldwide exclusives, as well as bigger-and-better versions of hit games, featuring extra levels, full-screen play, and bonus features. Shockwave games are full screenplay with no pop-ups, banners, or other ads.
Shockwave games include:
- Jigsaws - 50 puzzles per month. Solve every day, or download a month’s worth at once.
- Cue ball Alley 3D Pool - Don’t be a fool; rack up a game of pool!
- TV Mah Jong Solitaire - Exclusive—hoop it up at full-screen!
- Nothin’ But Net 3D basketball - Full game video replays shortly after the games are over.
- A – Blast 3D - Fight off 40 new waves, 2 new bosses, an armored mother ship, and two new enemy craft.
Note:
Many of the Shockwave games require you to download a visual interface specific to each game that is saved as an icon on your desktop. To play these games, users will need to click on the icon and then enter their portal login. Please review the “download info” link for specific instructions on doing so. The password is the same as your portal password.
Click here for additional information on Shockwave.com UNLIMITED.
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Weather.com’s Weather Channel Interactive is an online service from The Weather Channel that includes local, regional, and national video weather reports and special feature categories. The service features current conditions and forecasts for over 77,000 locations worldwide, along with local and regional radars, and conveniently provides access to some of the same video content available at the Weather Channel television network.
Features include:
- Broadband Local - A package of rich media local weather content including local and regional video forecasts that can be personalized for your hometown or your favorite vacation destination.
- Extreme Weather - Video clips of key global weather events including expert analysis and forecasting from The Weather Channel.
- Weather Vault - The Weather Channel historical field coverage of weather events, including videos.
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Access and Purchase
To learn more about Premium Services or to purchase packages:
- Select the Road Runner Premium Services link from the Benefits section located in the footer of our web downsite.
- Click the appropriate link to learn more or purchase a package.
- After purchasing a package, a confirmation window appears providing immediate access to the purchased package.
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Minimum System Requirements
- Windows XP, ME, 2000, 98 or NT (4.0, with Service Pack 4 or later required)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
- Pentium II/333 MHz equivalent or better
- 64 MB of RAM minimum (128 will accommodate multiple windows with greater ease)
- 250 MB available hard disk space
- 16-bit display recommended, 256 color display required
- Broadband/128+ kbps Internet connection recommended, active Internet connection required
- 1024 x 768 display resolution recommended, 800 x 600 required
- Shockwave player and Flash 6.0 (you will be prompted to download these if they are not detected on your machine)
- Sound card
- Speakers or headphones
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Cost and Billing
How much does the service cost?
The cost for the Road Runner Plus product offers a great savings compared to an overall cost, if components of this product were purchased separately. For specific pricing in your area, click to chat one-on-one with a Support Representative.
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How will I be billed for this service?
The cost of the service will be included in your monthly cable television and/or high-speed online invoice.
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Will I be charged tax on my subscription fee?
Road Runner applies tax to subscriptions in certain states or cities. Tax is applied when the state or city in which the customer resides requires that subscriptions delivered over the Internet be taxed. There are states that do generally tax subscriptions delivered over the Internet. For further information, we recommend that you refer to your state's tax code or contact your state's comptroller
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Canceling
How do I cancel my subscription?
If you decide to cancel your Road Runner Plus Pack subscription, click to chat with a Support Representative.
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Support
Where do I go if I need support?
Need help? Simply click to chat one-on-one with a Support Representative. Our customer service representatives are available to assist you with technical, product and billing support 24/7.
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