Comments on: And Earthlink Cuts 900 Jobs

By: Head still in the Cloud : Browser as a Platform

Head still in the Cloud : Browser as a Platform — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:19:51 +0000

[...] margin for that to be a sustainable business. Over the past few years, they’ve begun to layoff the majority of their staff. The strategy never changed. AOL made a transition from subscription based revenue to an [...]

By: More Earthlink Cuts? - GigaOM

More Earthlink Cuts? - GigaOM — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:30:08 +0000

[...] the leading independent service providers, it has hit the skids. They gave the pink slip to nearly 900 employees in August. The spending cutbacks on Helio and MuniFi have come too late it seems. Now we have heard [...]

By: Usenet comes back to Earthlink | Fresh Web 2.0 News

Usenet comes back to Earthlink | Fresh Web 2.0 News — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:12:11 +0000

[...] has been in the programme for job cuts and giving up on Wifi in San Francisco lately. Customers of the internet bourgeois module be bright [...]

By: And Now For Helio Job Cuts « GigaOM

And Now For Helio Job Cuts « GigaOM — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:19:54 +0000

[...] of course, just announced 900 job cuts in an effort to reduce costs; I suspect the rumored Helio cuts are a ripple effect of [...]

By: Earthlink Troubles Spell End Of MuniFi As Third Pipe « GigaOM

Earthlink Troubles Spell End Of MuniFi As Third Pipe « GigaOM — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:45:46 +0000

[...] the beleaguered Atlanta-based Internet service provider that was recently forced to resort to draconian measures — including pulling back on some of its next-generation efforts — has been one of the [...]

By: Daniel Golding

Daniel Golding — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:08:11 +0000

These guys are the living dead. The dialup ISP biz is shrinking and Earthlink blew any chance of re-inventing themselves with bad bets on reselling DSL and ill-advised muni wireless schemes. They should have concentrated on their hosting and content businesses, or just sold themselves off.

By: The Net-Savvy Executive

The Net-Savvy Executive — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:23:05 +0000

Another reason to move

I've had a MindSpring address since 1997, when I first left the non-profit world. It was the first time I needed to separate my personal and professional Internet use, and MindSpring was a good, "real" ISP (i.e., not AOL). It's...

By: Earthlink Cuts 900 Jobs, No One Notices

Earthlink Cuts 900 Jobs, No One Notices — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:42:13 +0000

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Official Offer » Blog Archive » And Earthlink Cuts 900 Jobs - GigaOm — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:18:39 +0000

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By: Hutch

Hutch — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:35:53 +0000

Didn't even realize these blokes are still around? Sheesh, even NetZero is still kicking around. Will wonders never cease...

By: Nathan Gilliatt

Nathan Gilliatt — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:37:46 +0000

Sounds like the wholesale access model isn't working for them. Avoiding money-losing customers, fewer BB migrations, milking the longer-tenured customers (who pay higher monthly rates). Inspires me to accelerate the migration from mindspring.com to my own domain.

By: RandomThoughts

RandomThoughts — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:33:50 +0000

After the Earthlink layoffs, the Muni-WiFi division will be under 30 people. Does that tell you their attitude?

By: Hot Dog

Hot Dog — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:30:42 +0000

Someone said Don Berryman stills works there, but the following SEC filing seems to confirm that he does not: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070828/elnk8-k.html

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:50:07 +0000

Are they planning to maintain their Muni biz? I'm sure Tropos would be keeping their fingers crossed

By: Techomical

Techomical — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:24:30 +0000

A Lot Happening At EarthLink

A press release issued today by EarthLink (ELNK) outlines a comprehensive corporate restructure plan that is taking way immediately. The plan includes cutting approximately 900 jobs and closing multiple offices nationwide, which is expected to give the...

By: douglas mcintyre

douglas mcintyre — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:01:21 +0000

Odd that the shares are up. It does not make much sense