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EarthLink to plug in VPN provider

December 13, 2005 Internet service provider looks to boost its broadband appeal to small businesses with acquisition of New Edge Networks. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., VPN, broadband, acquisition, Internet Service Provider

EarthLink CEO Garry Betty dies at 49

January 3, 2007 Executive who oversaw company's broadband operations and led its foray into citywide Wi-Fi loses battle with cancer. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., cancer, CEO, broadband, Wi-Fi

EarthLink hooks Atlanta up to citywide Wi-Fi

January 25, 2007 The home of the Braves is the eighth city the Internet service provider has signed up to deploy a Wi-Fi network. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Atlanta, city, Wi-Fi network, service provider, Wi-Fi, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, California, broadband

EarthLink offers new VoIP service

January 30, 2006 Company serves up Internet telephony service designed to look and feel like traditional phone service. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Covad Communications Group Inc., VoIP service, DSL service, broadband, VoIP, DSL, IP, Wi-Fi, e-mail

NetZero launches broadband service

November 16, 2006 United Online's Internet service provider offers DSL broadband, which it'll deliver over the Verizon network. TAGS: United Online Inc., NetZero, EarthLink Inc., broadband service, broadband, Verizon Communications, service provider, subscriber, DSL, Internet Service Provider

Broadband's power-line push

July 11, 2005 Google's investment in a company offering Internet service over power lines has the industry buzzing. TAGS: broadband over power line, powerline, EarthLink Inc., broadband, investment, Internet Service Provider, broadband service, Internet service, Google Inc.

EarthLink aims to evolve

October 11, 2005 Trying to shed its dependence on cable and phone companies, the ISP courts broadband customers by diversifying in a big way. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., DSL company, wireless broadband, broadband, broadband over power line, broadband network, Philadelphia, DSL, broadband service, contract, city, Wi-Fi, Internet Service Provider, wireless network

EarthLink's rough road to success

October 18, 2005 CEO Gary Betty looks at Wi-Fi's role in larger broadband battles and talks about life as a tech "sharecropper." TAGS: EarthLink Inc., leasing, broadband, Philadelphia, DSL company, cable company, Internet service, broadband Internet, DSL, provider, Time Warner Inc., Internet Service Provider, CEO

EarthLink christens its first citywide Wi-Fi

June 29, 2006 Will company's strategy of building wireless networks in U.S. cities fill a void left by exiting dial-up users? TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Wi-Fi, broadband service, broadband, DSL, city, cable company, Internet Service Provider, wireless network

Calif. regulators OK broadband over power line test

April 27, 2006 Power companies, broadband providers will be able to test new BPL tech in an effort to offer consumers more access options. TAGS: broadband over power line, EarthLink Inc., power company, broadband, service provider, California, utility, IBM Corp., Google Inc.

EarthLink invests $50 million in Covad

March 16, 2006 Covad will expand network to eight additional cities in support of EarthLink's line-powered voice service. TAGS: Covad Communications Group Inc., EarthLink Inc., voice service, VoIP service, VoIP, Philadelphia, DSL service, broadband service, broadband, DSL, Wi-Fi

EarthLink's 2 percent solution

April 29, 2005 Internet service provider touts plans for new telephony services and hybrid cell phones as it digs in for a long phone fight. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., telephone service, VoIP, telephony, phone line, service provider, Internet service, cell phone, Internet Service Provider, Wi-Fi, broadband, U.S., brand

EarthLink's woes put free muni Wi-Fi in peril

August 31, 2007 EarthLink says it can't afford to foot the bill to build citywide Wi-Fi networks, jeopardizing cities' plans to provide low-income residents with affordable broadband. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., municipal Wi-Fi, Houston, broadband access, city, Wi-Fi, contract, broadband, Philadelphia, San Francisco, reality, Wi-Fi network, project

EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line provider

May 4, 2006 Companies contribute to $130 million round of funding for Current Communications' powerline Net access technology. TAGS: broadband over power line, EarthLink Inc., General Electric Co., power company, broadband, telephone company, powerline, broadband service, North Carolina, Internet access, Google Inc., cable company, Wi-Fi, DSL, video

VoIP providers band together

November 3, 2005 Net telephony companies are meeting up to promote the technology and spur adoption. TAGS: VoIP, EarthLink Inc., VoIP service, Skype, adoption, VoIP company, NetZero, IP telephony, IP, voice, America Online Inc., broadband, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

EarthLink rolls out more citywide Wi-Fi

December 21, 2006 Internet service provider has announced that it has turned on citywide Wi-Fi in Milpitas, Calif., and New Orleans. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., Milpitas, New Orleans, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi network, resident, city, California, service provider, DSL, broadband, Internet Service Provider

EarthLink: Bells must share broadband networks

May 9, 2006 Broadband provider tells a federal appeals court that Verizon, BellSouth and others must be forced to share their networks with competitors. TAGS: broadband network, Bell company, EarthLink Inc., broadband, regulator, appeals court, BellSouth Corp., argument, lawyer, cable company, Verizon Communications, analysis

EarthLink's Wi-Fi dreams may be fading

August 29, 2007 Layoffs signal a major setback in the company's effort to break free of its dying dial-up business and become an Internet player. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., municipal Wi-Fi, subscriber, business model, Wi-Fi, infrastructure, investment, return, dream, CEO, Internet access, broadband

Judges back FCC rules on network sharing

August 15, 2006 EarthLink loses appeal over regulators' decision to exempt regional phone companies from "unbundling" fiber lines. TAGS: regional phone company, EarthLink Inc., FTTH, regulator, broadband network, fiber, Judge, telephone company, broadband, rule

Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town America

June 6, 2007 Companies don't seem interested in building public broadband infrastructure for small cities, so municipalities will have to get creative. TAGS: city, EarthLink Inc., town, broadband, vice president, vendor, motorcycle, reseller, community, Florida, project, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, database