ISP Review: Time Warner High Speed Internet

Time Warner is the world's largest entertainment and media conglomerate, offering up film, television, publishing, telecommunications and, of course, internet services to customers from around the nation.

As a tribute to one of it's many holdings, Warner Brother's cartoons, Time Warner's cable internet service is called Road Runner. Like the Road Runner, the service is billed as being very speedy, with levels of service that range from Lite to Turbo depending on just how fast you want or need to browse.

The service is hardly bare bones, with features that include a customizable homepage, 10 email addresses, dial-up remote access and more. Users will also find security features such as spam and virus scanners, firewalls and even child monitoring software to help keep you and anyone else that may be using your computer safe from harmful sites and malware. Users will even be able to access their email and homepage when on the road with free dial-up service from anywhere.

Time Warner allows users to install their own service by picking up a pre-packaged kit, which can offer big savings over installation from the professionals provided you can follow instructions. The service provides customers with a cable modem at no additional cost so that they won't have to purchase one or worry about any purchasing more equipment when they sign up.

Users of Road Runner can expect to enjoy high speed connections as well as a bevy of additional benefits. Those with an AOL account can pair it up with their Road Runner service and get speedy access to their existing email, IM and other accounts.

Perhaps the biggest benefit of Time Warner as an ISP over other services is that it offers a 30 day money back guarantee. If you find it's not fast enough or doesn't offer you the reliability you had hoped, simply call and cancel and take your business elsewhere. You won't find this offer with many other ISPs so for the fickle or those who just like to test the waters it can be a great perk.

Service prices are about average for cable internet and may even be lower than some competitors depending on the speed of the connection you sign up for. Overall, Time Warner offers loads of benefits, good speed and price saving options that can make it a great choice for internet service.

• Prices start at $29.95