Beep Beep: Road Runner Turbo Answers the Need for Speed
Bright House Networks of Michigan offers Road Runner Turbo for High Speed Data services
Livonia, MI, April 24, 2008
Bright House Networks of Michigan has increased the maximum speed of its premium High Speed Data (HSD) service. With the launch of Road Runner Turbo, Bright House's HSD customers now have the opportunity to obtain speeds of up to 15Mbps for downloads and 2Mbps for uploads.
With Road Runner Turbo, Bright House customers will now be able to download videos and movies from the Internet, faster than ever. Uploading photos to share with family and friends will be quicker than before and online gamers will obtain responses twice as fast as the do today with Road Runner Standard. Families with more than one PC can also enjoy an improved Internet browsing experience throughout their home with the support of Turbo and Bright House's Home Networking service.
"Today's consumers are using the Internet in numerous applications. They are engaging in on-line gaming, music and video downloads, shopping, banking, and blogging." said Robert McCann, President of Bright House Networks of Michigan. “This move to 15X2 is one example of Bright House Networks' ongoing commitment to improve and enrich our Road Runner customers' Internet experience and makes us the fastest Internet provider in the area."
The faster Road Runner Turbo speed will be provided at no additional charge to any Bright House bundled customer who currently subscribes to the Road Runner Premium (10Mbps) service. Bundled customers with Road Runner Standard can more than double their speed by upgrading to Road Runner Turbo for an additional monthly fee of only $10. For more information about Bright House Networks of Michigan or its new Road Runner Turbo, please visit www.michigan.mybrighthouse.com or call 866.898.9101.
Bright House Networks, serving Wayne and Oakland County (Farmington, Farmington Hills, Novi, Livonia and Redford), provides products and services to make life more enjoyable offering hundreds of channels or top-quality television choices, non-stop digital music, incomparable benefits of high-speed cable Internet service.
About Bright House Networks
Advance/Newhouse Communications provides day-to-day management of Bright House Networks cable systems pursuant to its partnership with Time Warner Entertainment. Bright House Networks serves more than two million customers in several large markets that include Tampa Bay and Central Florida (Orlando), Indianapolis, Birmingham, Bakersfield and Detroit, along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous and form one of the country's largest cable clusters.
Nearly 100% of Bright House Networks customers have high-speed data (HSD), Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) available to them. Bright House Networks also makes available Digital Video Recorders (DVR) that have become immensely popular with customers. The company's Florida operations currently deliver nearly 300 channels to customers and were among the first in the country to offer High Definition Television signals (HDTV). Since its introduction, HDTV has achieved impressive acceptance with Bright House Networks customers who are equipped to receive the signals. Bright House Networks also offers HSD customers a choice of Multiple Internet Service Providers (MISP). The company recently commenced deployment of Digital Phone in Tampa Bay, Central Florida, and Michigan.
Exceptional customer service, free-of-charge, 24 hours per day, local and seven days per week is the company's cornerstone of its business and top priority across all operating units. Public affairs, social responsibility and community involvement continue as major initiatives for the company as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes long-term commitments to education and to what matters in the lives of the Bright House Networks customers.
