Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Some more Road Runner subscriber services beyond internet access

Previously I presented a "List of Road Runner features beyond internet access", turns out there's more. From the TWC marketing site about RoadRunner.com:
Road Runner Radio
Listen to your favorite songs on over 52 commercial-free, CD-quality music channels.

Road Runner Video Channel
Stream short and full-length videos directly to your desktop. No extra software needed.
And from the Road Runner help site also has some details on these extra services for Road Runner subscribers which did not seem to be mentioned on their marketing site:
Road Runner Photo Center
Road Runner Photo Center has everything you need to make your digital photos come alive. Store and share your digital photos for FREE and buy great photo gifts all from Snapfish. Make photo slide shows with graphics and music to share with your friends and, in some areas, even watch your slideshows on TV all from PhotoShow

Games
Road Runner Games provides access to over 1,000 games for downloading or online play. Popular and exclusive titles from top game creators are available to play online or purchase at discounts with a gaming subscription.
There is also a Road Runner Premium link that offers more services not bundled with a Road Runner online subscription and will cost an additional monthly fee that will be applied on your monthly TWC bill.

My Take
Road Runner Video offers nothing in terms of new or interesting content. Their video page links to their video store where you can buy movies and channels (About Road Runner Video Store). The RR games page is simply a list of games. For some games you have to download an EXE and install it on your PC and some games are not free. An overview of Road Runner games is here. PhotoShow was offered via a deal TWC had with Roxio but as of January 30, 2012 Road Runner will stop providing PhotoShow as a free service to its customers. The RR Help page also has a "Music" section that states "Road Runner Rhapsody is a subscription-based online music service featuring unlimited access to one of the largest digital music collections in the world." The link on the RR Help site simply goes to Rhapsody. There's no 'Welcome RR Subscriber' or anything so you don't seem to be offered a deal on any Rhapsody services for being a RR subscriber. The Road Runner subscriber help site at help.rr.com does have this page - FAQ: Rhapsody Digital Music Service.

The only worthwhile service is Road Runner Radio which I'll discuss in a separate post.

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