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"This series presents information based in part on theory and conjecture. The producer's purpose is to suggest some possible explanations, but not necessarily the only ones, to the mysteries we will examine."
Space aliens. Bigfoot. Amelia Earhart. Road Runner Lite.
Wait.
Road Runner Lite? The “mini-me” of broadband? The perfect value plan for consumers who just need to check their e-mail and browse web pages?
Yes. That Road Runner Lite.
I thought you heard of it.
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Leonard Nimoy examines how you can pay less for Internet right now!
A lot of people have heard rumors about it, but for those in western New York, ferreting it out becomes a monumental event. An all-nighter. A mystery that Leonard Nimoy and an entire In Search Of… production team couldn’t easily solve.
StoptheCap! reader Meghan wasted spent her morning on a quest to find the elusive “Road Runner Lite,” if only to suggest it to the occasional person out there who is upset because they feel they’re spending too much on their Internet service now.
If she had this much trouble, imagine that casual browser and e-mail reader! Calling doesn’t guarantee you’ll get instant information either.
The adventure turned out to be so ponderous, we were thinking of creating a PDF for you to enjoy at your leisure. You could print it out and waste an entire ink cartridge, take it in the bathroom, read it before going to bed, and then use it for the bottom of a bird cage. But then that would mean another 15 minutes of our life and yours we’d never get back. Our thanks to Meghan, who sacrificed everything just to help others go bird watching, starting below the fold.
Leonard may still be looking for extraterrestrials, but our crack team has managed to find an option for those that might be co-opted into the Time Warner Re-Education campaign today to pay out of this world prices for broadband service tomorrow.
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