EarthLink is an IT administrations, system and correspondences supplier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, US. The organization serves more than 150,000 organizations and 1 million U.S. buyers.
Business
Some piece of the EarthLink central command in Atlanta.
EarthLink was framed in 1994. It right now works two divisions: EarthLink Business and EarthLink Consumer.
EarthLink Business offers correspondences, IT and virtualization, distributed computing, IT security, colocation, facilitated applications and help administrations. The organization possesses and works a U.S. system including 29,421 course miles of fiber, 90 metro fiber rings, and eight server farms. The system covers more than 90 percent of the United States. EarthLink Business has more than 150,000 customers.
EarthLink's Consumer division offers broadband (DSL/detached DSL, HQ web, 4G Internet, Satellite Internet) dial-up Internet, Web facilitating and trade, and related administrations. It additionally offers spamBlocker, Anti-infection and Online Back-up. Earthlink web administrations guarantee more than 1 million clients.
History
Early Years
EarthLink was helped to establish in March 1994 by Sky Dayton then 23, financial specialist Reed Slatkin and Kevin M. O'Donnell. Dayton supposedly was motivated to begin the dial-up Internet administration supplier (ISP) in Pasadena, CA in the wake of spending a whole week attempting to arrange his own particular PC for Internet access. Dayton's experience persuaded him that there was a business sector for a basic, easy to understand ISP.
Prime supporter Kevin M. O'Donnell helped raise capital for the wander and urged various huge old companions from his legislature innovation days to join the Board. He enrolled various Vice Presidents for the organization, and got the first significant round of financing, from Greg B. Abbott (an effective business person and previous CEO of Ithaca Industries). He additionally contracted CEO Garry Betty
By 1995, EarthLink offered dial-up administration in 98 urban areas, and was one of the first U.S. ISPs to offer "boundless" Internet access for a level rate.
In 1996, EarthLink started to offer Internet administrations for organizations, including ISDN and casing hand-off Internet access[5] and web hosting.[6] In October, EarthLink was named "Web Company of the Year" by the Southern California Software Industry Council.
EarthLink Goes Public, Reaches 1 Million Customers
EarthLink opened up to the world on NASDAQ in January 1997. Later that year, the organization started to give 56K dial-up access, multiplying rate of its dial-up administration. EarthLink likewise collaborated with Charter Communications to offer high velocity digital Internet access.
In 1998, EarthLink entered organizations with Sprint, Apple, CompUSA, and different organizations that helped it achieve 1 million individuals before the end of the year.
In 1999 EarthLink dispatched its TotalCommerce ecommerce answer for little business Web facilitating furthermore turned into the first ISP to offer across the country high velocity Internet access through DSL.
MindSpring Merger, Other Products
On February 4, 2000, the organization, then situated in Pasadena, California, combined with Atlanta-established MindSpring, making it the second-biggest ISP in the U.S., after AOL.
Later that year, the organization propelled EarthLink Biz DSL administration and won PC's World Class Award for Best ISP.[10] EarthLink likewise obtained OneMain.com, a vast, provincial ISP, and Rural Connections in 2001.
In 2001, EarthLink banded together with DirecPC to offer a 2-way satellite Internet service.[12] The organization likewise presented a settled IP DSL administration for the SOHO business market.
On June 10, 2002, EarthLink obtained PeoplePC, a low-estimated dial-up ISP.
The organization likewise won a few grants in 2002. EarthLink was named Top ISP by CNet for the third successive year and got a 5-star rating from Smart Business.[14] And in August 2002, J.D. Power and Associates positioned EarthLink Dial-Up Highest in Customer Satisfaction. EarthLink High-Speed tied for the Highest in Customer Satisfaction ranking.
EarthLink dispatched a VoIP telephone administration for broadband clients called Unlimited Voice in April 2003.[16] In August, J.D. Power and Associates positioned EarthLink High Speed Highest in Customer Satisfaction for the second sequential year.[17] The organization likewise discharged a few free instruments for its individuals to square spam, infections, and spyware.
In September 2004, J.D. Power and Associates positioned both EarthLink Dial-Up and EarthLink High Speed Highest in Customer Satisfaction.[19] EarthLink Dial-Up likewise got the PC Magazine Readers' Choice Award for the second year in a row.
New Ventures
Toward the begin of 2005, EarthLink and SK Telecom, the biggest cell telephone organization in South Korea,[20] declared another joint wander called SK-EarthLink, later renamed Helio cellular telephone company.[21] Helio, another MVNO, or versatile virtual system administrator, focused on "adolescent, tech-insightful customers" with cutting edge remote gadgets and administrations regular in Korea however not the U.S. Helio propelled a sum of 7 telephones (Kickflip, Hero, Drift, Heat, Ocean, Fin and Mysto) and had 170,000 supporters before it was sold to Virgin Mobile USA in June 2008.
Business
Some piece of the EarthLink central command in Atlanta.
EarthLink was framed in 1994. It right now works two divisions: EarthLink Business and EarthLink Consumer.
EarthLink Business offers correspondences, IT and virtualization, distributed computing, IT security, colocation, facilitated applications and help administrations. The organization possesses and works a U.S. system including 29,421 course miles of fiber, 90 metro fiber rings, and eight server farms. The system covers more than 90 percent of the United States. EarthLink Business has more than 150,000 customers.
EarthLink's Consumer division offers broadband (DSL/detached DSL, HQ web, 4G Internet, Satellite Internet) dial-up Internet, Web facilitating and trade, and related administrations. It additionally offers spamBlocker, Anti-infection and Online Back-up. Earthlink web administrations guarantee more than 1 million clients.
History
Early Years
EarthLink was helped to establish in March 1994 by Sky Dayton then 23, financial specialist Reed Slatkin and Kevin M. O'Donnell. Dayton supposedly was motivated to begin the dial-up Internet administration supplier (ISP) in Pasadena, CA in the wake of spending a whole week attempting to arrange his own particular PC for Internet access. Dayton's experience persuaded him that there was a business sector for a basic, easy to understand ISP.
Prime supporter Kevin M. O'Donnell helped raise capital for the wander and urged various huge old companions from his legislature innovation days to join the Board. He enrolled various Vice Presidents for the organization, and got the first significant round of financing, from Greg B. Abbott (an effective business person and previous CEO of Ithaca Industries). He additionally contracted CEO Garry Betty
By 1995, EarthLink offered dial-up administration in 98 urban areas, and was one of the first U.S. ISPs to offer "boundless" Internet access for a level rate.
In 1996, EarthLink started to offer Internet administrations for organizations, including ISDN and casing hand-off Internet access[5] and web hosting.[6] In October, EarthLink was named "Web Company of the Year" by the Southern California Software Industry Council.
EarthLink Goes Public, Reaches 1 Million Customers
EarthLink opened up to the world on NASDAQ in January 1997. Later that year, the organization started to give 56K dial-up access, multiplying rate of its dial-up administration. EarthLink likewise collaborated with Charter Communications to offer high velocity digital Internet access.
In 1998, EarthLink entered organizations with Sprint, Apple, CompUSA, and different organizations that helped it achieve 1 million individuals before the end of the year.
In 1999 EarthLink dispatched its TotalCommerce ecommerce answer for little business Web facilitating furthermore turned into the first ISP to offer across the country high velocity Internet access through DSL.
MindSpring Merger, Other Products
On February 4, 2000, the organization, then situated in Pasadena, California, combined with Atlanta-established MindSpring, making it the second-biggest ISP in the U.S., after AOL.
Later that year, the organization propelled EarthLink Biz DSL administration and won PC's World Class Award for Best ISP.[10] EarthLink likewise obtained OneMain.com, a vast, provincial ISP, and Rural Connections in 2001.
In 2001, EarthLink banded together with DirecPC to offer a 2-way satellite Internet service.[12] The organization likewise presented a settled IP DSL administration for the SOHO business market.
On June 10, 2002, EarthLink obtained PeoplePC, a low-estimated dial-up ISP.
The organization likewise won a few grants in 2002. EarthLink was named Top ISP by CNet for the third successive year and got a 5-star rating from Smart Business.[14] And in August 2002, J.D. Power and Associates positioned EarthLink Dial-Up Highest in Customer Satisfaction. EarthLink High-Speed tied for the Highest in Customer Satisfaction ranking.
EarthLink dispatched a VoIP telephone administration for broadband clients called Unlimited Voice in April 2003.[16] In August, J.D. Power and Associates positioned EarthLink High Speed Highest in Customer Satisfaction for the second sequential year.[17] The organization likewise discharged a few free instruments for its individuals to square spam, infections, and spyware.
In September 2004, J.D. Power and Associates positioned both EarthLink Dial-Up and EarthLink High Speed Highest in Customer Satisfaction.[19] EarthLink Dial-Up likewise got the PC Magazine Readers' Choice Award for the second year in a row.
New Ventures
Toward the begin of 2005, EarthLink and SK Telecom, the biggest cell telephone organization in South Korea,[20] declared another joint wander called SK-EarthLink, later renamed Helio cellular telephone company.[21] Helio, another MVNO, or versatile virtual system administrator, focused on "adolescent, tech-insightful customers" with cutting edge remote gadgets and administrations regular in Korea however not the U.S. Helio propelled a sum of 7 telephones (Kickflip, Hero, Drift, Heat, Ocean, Fin and Mysto) and had 170,000 supporters before it was sold to Virgin Mobile USA in June 2008.
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