Road Runner Races Past 250,000 Customer Milestone.RESTON, VA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--Road Runner, the high-speed online service jointly owned by Time Warner, MediaOne Group, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Corp., and Advance/Newhouse, announced today that it had in excess of 250,000 subscribers as of the end of first quarter `99. Installations have surged across the nation with all Road Runner affiliates reporting higher weekly installations and decreasing churn. "The popularity of the Road Runner service continues to grow faster than we anticipated," said Carl Rossetti, Interim CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for Road Runner. "And, almost all of our first quarter growth is attributable to increased penetration in the markets where we are deployed. In the near future we will be launching several large new markets including Cincinnati, Houston, Orlando and Richmond which will, of course, add exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. ". Road Runner's largest cluster of subscribers is in the northeast region. A data and operations center located in Chelmsford, Mass., serving about 124 towns in Massachusetts This is a complete list of towns in Massachusetts, arranged in alphabetical order. These 301 towns were incorporated under Massachusetts law, and have not formed a city government.
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