But the merger is really about business customers, tax benefits, and cost savings. Recent operating losses can also be carried forward "to reduce future cash tax expenses. The merger requires approval by the Federal Communications Commission, and the companies say they expect it to close in the first half of EarthLink revenue has gone up and down over the past decade as it shifted from residential service to a business-oriented model.
In , the company lost a court case that resulted in telcos being able to install fiber lines without leasing them to competitors. Services for enterprises, small businesses, and carriers now provide nearly 80 percent of EarthLink's revenue, with residential customers providing the rest.
You must login or create an account to comment. NIall Kennedy. By December EarthLink Network had signed its one millionth subscriber. MindSpring and EarthLink Network each developed a deeply loyal customer base, and in the two companies merged, taking the name EarthLink and creating the second largest ISP at the time, with more than 3 million subscribers nationwide.
Based in Atlanta and traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange, the new company offered an array of software upgrades, including improved parental controls, child-friendly Web browsers, updated security tools, and faster connectivity.
EarthLink also began introducing such premium services as music subscription and voicemail. In September EarthLink, emphasizing its expertise in e-mail and intrusion protection, began offering services for handheld wireless voice and data devices, most notably the BlackBerry product by Research In Motion.
Also in EarthLink offered Voice over Internet Protocol, with plans to fully integrate voice and Internet services; an enhanced Web-based e-mail system; a secure private business network service for remote access; and personalized portals.
Since its founding EarthLink has often been recognized for quality of service. In the company earned highest honors for both high-speed and dial-up Internet services in J. EarthLink has also been committed to reducing operating costs, and as of June the company was debt free. For the first quarter of EarthLink reported a net increase of 13, subscribers across all services for a total of 5. McGinnis, J. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. EarthLink, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, is headquartered in downtown Atlanta.
The company was founded in California in and merged with the Atlanta-based provider MindSpring in The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. We require complete honesty and integrity in everything we do.
We make commitments with care, and then live up to them. In all things, we do what we say we are going to do. Work is an important part of life, and it should be fun. Being a good businessperson does not mean being stuffy and boring. We love to compete, and we believe that competition brings out the best in us. We are frugal. We guard and conserve the company's resources with at least the same vigilance that we would use to guard and conserve our own personal resources.
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We feel a sense of urgency on any matters related to our customers. We own problems and we are always responsive. We are customer-driven. Key Dates:. EarthLink, Inc. The company uses a nationwide telecommunications network of leased, high-speed, dedicated data lines and more than 1, dial-up access sites. EarthLink attained its phenomenal rise in the world of Internet-related business through the ambition and timing of its founder, Sky Dylan Dayton.
Dayton was born in New York City in , but he was raised in the Los Angeles area, where his parents moved while he was still an infant. For someone who gained national prominence as a teenager, it was not surprising that Dayton's drive and ambition were exhibited at an early age.
He set a goal at age 12 to become a millionaire by the time he was 24, an objective he intended to fulfill by embarking on his professional career as soon as possible. Deeply interested in computers, Dayton, at age 13, convinced his parents to send him to Delphian Academy, a progressive, private school near Portland, Oregon, that encouraged students to supplement their academic studies with experience in the workplace.
Through the assistance of Delphian Academy, Dayton spent his high school years working for a Portland-area advertising agency, helping to create computer-generated music videos for artists such as Michael Jackson.
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