Not to be outdone by Hawaiian Telcom’s super fast internet service, Oceanic Time Warner Cable announced today that it is starting Road Runner Turbo Plus service.

The service will be the fastest available residential internet service available in the Hawaiian islands. The Road Runner Turbo Plus offers up to 15 megabits per second whereas Hawaiian Telcom’s fastest service available is 11 megabits per second.

The new service will cost subscribers $54.05 which is slightly higher than the $49.99 that Hawaiian Telcom charges for their fastest service. Although we don’t expect many people to need this faster service and from the comments in the Honolulu Advertiser article neither do Oceanics big shots, it is nice to see.

Reason being, as the service gets faster and faster, that will bring up the lower services offered and with the competition between the two companies, hopefully it will bring down the prices!

Oceanic Time Warner Cable has over 40 freely accessible Wi-Fi spots available in the Hawaiian Islands to subscribers. All you have to do is have an account with Oceanic Time Warner and you can securely access the internet at any number of wireless spots.

Obviously the island of Oahu has the most available spots but there are also some select spots on the island of Maui and the Big Island.

To log on to a speed zone just follow these steps as described on the website:

1. Step 1: Turn on your laptop or PDA and open its Wireless Network Connection dialogue box.
2. Step 2: Locate the Wireless Networks tab and enter or select Road Runner Speed Zone as your wireless SSID connection service.
3. Step 3: Launch your preferred web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer).
4. Step 4: Follow the Speed Zone log on instructions.

For a complete listing of the Wi-Fi spots available to Oceanic Subscribers visit the Speedzone Website. We’ve copied a picture to give you an overview of the locations but they have an interactive Google map to give you the most up to date locations in Hawaii.