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earthlink dsl
Earthlink
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Type |
Public |
Founded |
1994 |
Location |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Key people |
Garry Betty, Kevin M Dotts |
Industry |
Internet & Communications |
Products |
ISP |
Revenue |
$1.4 billion USD (2004) |
Employees |
2000 (709 IT) |
Website |
www.earthlink.com |
EarthLink earthlink residential dsl earthlink dsl modem (NASDAQ: ELNK), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the major Internet service providers in the United States, with 5.4 million members (2004 estimate).
It was founded in 1994 by Sky Dayton. From a modest beginning of ten modems, the company has grown to include over 2,000 POP numbers in the US-and over 40 internationally.
On February 4, 2000, the company (then based in Pasadena, California) merged with Atlanta-founded MindSpring, making them the dsl earthlink earthlink dsl modems second-largest ISP in the U.S.-second only to AOL.
EarthLink provides a variety of Internet connection types, including DSL, satellite, and cable. It is one of the industry leaders in the crusade to rid the world of spam as well as spyware. EarthLink takes an almost laid-back approch to the earthlink dsl total access page not displayed Internet, allowing earthlink dsl filter kits its users as much freedom and personal configuration as possible. Although it does provide its users with its own software (TotalAccess), it doesn't require its use (unlike AOL). The support section of the EarthLink website has detailed dsl diagnostics slow earthlink instructions for configuring Windows and Mac OS to access their network, either with the EarthLink software or with the standard networking features that come with those operating systems. They also give directions for configuring a number of popular email client software earthlink dsl internet access to use earthlink dsl service their servers. They don't list Linux on their support earthlink dsl internet service pages, but since they operate entirely via standard Internet protocols, any experienced Linux user can easily translate earthlink dsl wireless the standard settings for either Windows sprint dsl earthlink or Mac OS to the needed Linux settings.
In addition earthlink dsl diagnostics slow to selling their various Internet connections online and by phone, EarthLink operates retail kiosks in all Fry's Electronics stores. Two to five EarthLink representatives man the kiosks, and are directly employed by EarthLink rather than Fry's. For signing up in-store, earthlink and dsl and macinotsh EarthLink offers customers special promotions not available elsewhere (including cash back and earthlink dial up upgrade to earthlink dsl extended discounts). Services sold at the kiosks include PeoplePC dial-up, PeoplePC Accelerated verizon dsl vs earthlink dial-up, EarthLink Accelerated dial-up, EarthLink High Speed (including Cable, DSL, and Satellite), and EarthLink Wireless's AirCard, which provides Internet service over digital earthlink and dsl cellular signals across the United States. Earthlink earthlink dsl diagnostics provides the large majority of its users with free anti-virus software (Win 2000 & XP only).
On June 10, 2002, EarthLink acquired PeoplePC. PeoplePC is a value priced dial-up service, and has more dial-up access numbers than any other ISP (including AOL). Its direct competitors are NetZero and Netscape.
In earthlink dsl speed July 2005, Earthlink announced that they were closing the last of their in-house American call centers. They still continue to have American call centers earthlink dsl provider via out-source telecom companies.
SIPshare
EarthLink SIPshare is a Session Initiation Protocol based file sharing network. earthlink dsl software It was made by Clay Shirky and David Beckemeyer.
External links
- EarthLink.net earthlink dsl reviews
- History of EarthLink
- EarthLink SIPshare
- EarthLink and Scientology
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