 Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA | Not surprising Its been a slow death for Earthlink. Though they had some ambitious ideas, it just never took off. Them, along with AOL, clung to Dialup too long, and its obvious what has/is happening | |
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 Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | Earthlink Gee, it couldn't have happened to a nicer company. 
Though I think I'd be happier to see AOL fold, watching Earthlink go down the tubes is pretty nice too. Keeping in mind I say this after spending 5 hours last night troubleshooting an "earthlink" connected PC, running all of their crapware.
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| | GOING DOWN! YES FINALLY.
After what they did to Mindspring they deserve it! | |
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 | | | Re: GOING DOWN! I would not blame Earthlink. Mindspring dropped their problems on Earthlink. Especially how Mindspring let Teleport go to pot after buying them out. | |
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 woody7Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
1 edit | hmmm.... I have Elink DSL,from when I was with Mindspring, provisioned by Covad, is it time to switch, or will I get some notice?
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|  CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: hmmm.... No guarantee of any notice - if EL stops paying Covad then Covad will shut down the EL circuits. If you want little down time - I would see about switching very soon. | |
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| | | | Re: hmmm.... I guess its a good thing then I got kicked to verizon's network (in the middle of the night, literally) from Covads.
Saw a speed increase so that is always a bonus...
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| | | | ELNK's service is not going down anytime soon. They have plenty of revenue from monthly subscribers, plenty of cash in bank, and are just making long overdue cost cuts they should've done several years ago. I worked at ELNK, still use ELNK DSL, and am not about to pay the Telco monopolies any more $$ for "installation fees". | |
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FisamoPremium
join:2004-02-20
Apex, NC Reviews:
 ·VOIPo
| So what happens to their VoIP customers? said by "From the article:" :
Per inside source, some high level execs (including an Executive Vice President down to a Vice President) left the company this past week. Also, EarthLink is letting go of the following services: VOIP and Muni-Wifi. In addition to all of the support employees being let go, marketing will be completely gone and Operations will take a significant hit.
Maybe those customers will be 'sold' to Packet 8?  Or, will they be 'teleblended' in with the post-SunRocket mess?
Thankfully, I'm not an Earthlink VoIP customer, but I am one of their cable subscribers. The biggest potential loss I see is that of my email address and a $3/mo price increase when I'm transitioned over to TWC's RR service.
I hope any displaced employees are able to find a new 'home' quickly... | |
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69742511Premium
join:2003-08-09
Costa Mesa, CA | Sale? My mom has Earthlink DSL, what should I advise her to do if EL goes away? | |
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| CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: Sale? Does she still want DSL? If so - see what is available now ISP-wise and be ready to switch. | |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Last person... At Earthlink, please turn out the lights?
Stick a fork in 'em, they're done....
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| | | they might make it they might make if they start offering service with major cable companies like time Warner, comcast, cox, RCN, sudden link and all other cable companies. | |
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| | | | Re: they might make it Time Warner probably has a bid already for the cable modem customers. Buy them out have one less ISP partner to deal with. | |
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| | | | said by jchambers28:they might make if they start offering service with major cable companies like time Warner, comcast, cox, RCN, sudden link and all other cable companies. They did that back in 2002 with TWC (& Roadrunner) and also Comcast. It never worked too well; the billing models couldn't keep up with the deals the cable companies offered. | |
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1 edit | Death Watch It could not happen to a better company. It was a lousy business plan. The could have went the cheep dial up route for customers who do not want broadband or as a back up or gone into web and account hosting provide a email web host service independent of broadband providers. Instead Earthlink went on a campaign of intrusion on private telocs property and when the courts shot that down a la Brand X, Earthlink thought could make it on the government muni-wifi dole.
Rot in Hell Earthlink | |
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| | | Re: Death Watch Earthlink does have a cheap dial-up service its called PeoplePC. They bought them several years ago.
Telco property isnt private. just some areas they weren't granted access to.
Sounds like someone got the shitty end of the deal with Elink though. | |
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| | | | Re: Death Watch Take it from someone who uttered the sentence "Thank you for calling PeoplePC," more than once.
Don't call PeoplePC. Don't register for PeoplePC. Forget you ever heard the name "PeoplePC". | |
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 rsmith7Premium
join:2003-03-11
San Diego, CA | Goood Time to Leave So I did leave their Truevoice VOIP for a reason. Next I will go back to TW for RR and pay the extra $9.00 per month.
Need to change my address to GMail and never use ISP email again. Two changes in 1 year is not good. | |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
1 edit | I've been using them for dialup I've been letting relatives use the dialup plan when they're on the road, since I only need it as a last resort. Earthlink bought out the company I started with, I wonder who will buy them out.
Oh, they were my first DSL company, back in 2000. When the service went dead, Verizon never fixed it, and Earthlink couldn't do anything without Verizon. It was out for over a month before I moved to another place. Very good internet while it lasted, but a company that depends on its competitors is going to get screwed over. | |
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| | Sic transit gloria ELN! I have seen the best and worst of times. Back in the 90's, I was ecstatic with ELN. Their customer support was brilliant and always gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
My last experience, a couple of years ago, was a slow painful journey through the dysfunctional bowels of hell! After every contact with ELN I found myself sitting at home in a cold rage, wishing the plague upon everyone at that sad excuse for an ISP.
So, I'll put a special bottle of bubbly in the fridge for the day they finally put this thing out of its misery for good! | |
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 bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | Wow I remember when I first got on the 'net. It was with ELN. I was so hyped up about it, I insisted on going to ELNs headquarters to get my software and book. You needed a TCP stack in those days since windows didn't have one. They also were handing out static IPs. I walked into this little hallway of an office in Los Feliz, and was greeted by a guy who called himself Sky. Little did I know who he was. I heard the modems answering in a closet and asked if I could see the rig. He said no way, the higher-ups won't allow that. I heard a bit later they moved (or expanded) across the street so they could have a bit more room. Then came Sprint, etc. and they had a whole building in Pasadena, and so it went. I used to call a guy named Jay Vaughn for tech support. I heard it was he and Sky who started this thing with money they had when they sold a coffee house or something like that.
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| | Oh Noes, Not the Unicorn! Looks like the pixies, the unicorns and that tie-wearing ogre are about to get the axe. Hope they have their resumes updated. | |
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 TMMerlinThe Devil made me do it
join:2003-06-19
Oxford, MI | So much for Mindspring.com ?? The EL DSL network access charge has not appeared on my bill. Who is getting zonked for this charge ? | |
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| | | Re: So much for Mindspring.com ?? You'd be surprised on how many ISPs sucker their customers into paying this fee. DSLX is one of them but only $1 or 2 but still is there. | |
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 tim_kButtons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, KaseyPremium,VIP
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
kudos:26 | $$$ Make the most of it and sell Earthlink stock short.  | |
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·Comcast
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| As a former employee, I don't know whether to... say "you f**kers got what you deserve for the screw jobs you did on your good employees" or "I am sorry for the good talent that will be thrown back into the job hunt!"
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| | Death of ELNK? I just lost my LPV line for the second time in a week and no one seems to be responsible or knows what the problem is. ELNK says its COVAD and trouble at the CO or in the line. Lets hope so and not COVAD pulling the plug on ELNK and cutting their losses as well. I hope that ELNK can find a way to stay in business because I shudder to have to be re-provisioned with some of the jackals in the SF Bay area who offer "High speed DSL (read 768/128)" for ONLY 99.00 a month. I also have a separate VOIP line for business needs so I'd lose my home phone my business line and my DSL if they belly up-Arghhh!!! | |
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 loliPremium
join:2002-08-26
South Richmond Hill, NY | Oh no! I use EL Cable thru their Time Warner lines and I love it. Email service has been really good. I also have TrueVoice and it hasn't been a problem since I got it.
I wonder how they'll transfer our stuff :/ | |
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 ddg4005Premium
join:2001-08-22
Bronx, NY | Exces leaving Earthlink I switched from Earthlink to Verizon DSL back 2003 when they announced layoffs for a nearly quarter of their staff. I saw the writing on the wall back then. Their imminent demise was inevitable.
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| FisamoPremium
join:2004-02-20
Apex, NC Reviews:
·VOIPo
| Re: Exces leaving Earthlink And here it is, almost 2008, and they're still around. Not sure if they still offer DSL service in Bronx, but it appears they haven't quite closed up shop...
I haven't ever contemplated switching due to service issues, and as a TWC/Earthlink HSI customer, I'm not concerned about losing my internet connection for too long. If the ELink get their plug pulled, I would think TWC would activate my existing modem on their infrastructure (e.g. DHCP server) with a simple phone call. | |
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 RockyBBPremium
join:2005-01-31
Steamboat Springs, CO | Earthlinks' New Edge Networks is cutting off agents I was notified two weeks ago that they have canceled my agency, will no longer pay commissions on my accounts, and I can't move them to other agencies that haven't been cut off. the reason? to make the New Edge business unit more profitable. Merry Christmas.
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| | | Re: Earthlinks' New Edge Networks is cutting off agents That's interesting. I'd like to know what is gonna happen with New Edge Networks if Elink decides to sell/close. NEN has a great business model and product (they could lower prices though) but still its a great product and everything is still based here in the States---or at least was.
It's going to be interesting with NEN. | |
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| | RockyBBPremium
join:2005-01-31
Steamboat Springs, CO | Re: Earthlinks' New Edge Networks is cutting off agents Industry speculation is that Earthlink/NEN is doing income statement cleanup in preparation for selling the NEN business unit.
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