Comments on: EarthLink: No More Money for Helio

By: More Earthlink Cuts? - GigaOM

More Earthlink Cuts? - GigaOM — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:44:43 +0000

[...] 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 from multiple sources that another round [...]

By: Peter Rad

Peter Rad — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:14:26 +0000

Pat, if you understood DSL, you would know that your ILEC provides the copper, the IP comes from the ISP (in your case ELN). The problem with the MVNO space is that it is UNE-P Part 2. It is expensive per minute and you are battling against subsidies from billion dollar behemoths and multi-million dollar ad campiagns. No MVNO has that kind of cash or marketing (yet). ELN used to be all about Marketing. Not any more - or they would be bundling Helio with EarthLink broadband, VoIP, Muni - and selling it to their narrowband users.

By: Todd Allen on Technology : EarthLink: No More Money for Helio « GigaOM

Todd Allen on Technology : EarthLink: No More Money for Helio « GigaOM — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:53:29 +0000

[...] Posted by todd Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:53:22 GMT Well, If you are a Helio customer, you might want to get ready. Things are going to get hairy. “EarthLink will not be required to participate in future funding rounds [in Helio], and will retain a meaningful ownership stake. The definitive amended joint venture agreements are expected to be finalized in the near future.” If Earthlink is out, and the company burned 92.3 million on 51.7 in revenues in the last quarter including a 30 million dollar loan from Earthlink…. well, they might want to get on it. SK Telecom agreed to “up to” 270MM more, likely giving them 6-9 months runway without a significant change. I’m not a fan of MVNO’s in general, but good luck anyways. EarthLink: No More Money for Helio « GigaOM [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:12:39 +0000

Considering that Earthlink can’t keep my dsl line up for more than 4 hours, it doesn’t surprise me that they have problems executing in the mobile space.

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Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:08:19 +0000

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By: Where is Earthlink headed to?

Where is Earthlink headed to? — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:22:25 +0000

I am baffled how this once darling of the cyberspace has been bumbling along for 6 yrs now. I would not be surprised if they bite the dust like Excite did. Nothing spoils American big companies like fast success.