Word: earthlink
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...joined the straight world, sort of. When I moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago, I decided my financial situation was stable enough that I could start paying for my data again, though my frequent conversations with EarthLink tech support make me miss the old days of trying to crack YouHaveSomNerv's password. In an attempt to achieve some kind of karmic balance, I have left my network open to any neighbors who want to mooch off it. Which, believe it or not, is a violation of EarthLink's terms of service. What do you know...
...service, but others aren't far behind. Cinergy, a utility based in Cincinnati, Ohio, started enrolling BPL customers in late April; the service should be available to 50,000 Ohio homes by year end. Progress Energy has a commercial trial under way in North Carolina with Internet service provider EarthLink as its partner. Idacomm, a subsidiary of Idacorp (which also owns Idaho Power), hopes to be live in Boise and a few other markets by next spring. "The BPL market," Idacomm president and CEO Chris Britton says, "is going...
...Starting this November, Harvard Square will become one giant hotspot of connectivity where anyone can surf the Internet without cost at any time. Following the initiatives of private companies like Google and EarthLink in San Francisco, the Square connectivity initiative will help bring the digital age to those who may not be able to afford a broadband connection. Although the speed of the free connection will not be as high as Harvard’s private network for students and affiliates, it will be much faster than a dial-up connection...
...Treos weren't hard enough to put down, Apple will start selling the iPhone in June, and the new category of ultra-mini PCs like the FlipStart and the OQO2 is threatening to make computers as portable as cell phones. Two, wi-fi is becoming ubiquitous. Google and Earthlink have a deal in place to supply all of San Francisco with free wireless Internet access. Philadelphia, Anaheim, Calif., and Madison, Wis., already have it, as do dozens of other cities and towns. Within 10 years, most of urban and suburban America will be bathed in free wi-fi service. Airlines...
...always knew your friends' whereabouts, it would be that much easier to meet up with them. "We create a natural extension of what people already want to do, which is, they want to be with their friends," says Sky Dayton, a co-founder of the Internet service provider Earthlink. Dayton launched Helio last summer with $440 million in funding from Earthlink and South Korea's SK Telecom...