New Edge Networks

New Edge Networks builds and manages private IP-based wide area networks that do not use the public Internet. Connecting business sites at virtually any address in the United States, New Edge allows businesses to choose any blend of available access technologies - from DSL and T1 lines to fiber-optic and wireless broadband connections - for building private and secure MPLS networks with performance guarantees. A wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based EarthLink Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), New Edge is based in Vancouver, Wash.

    
• First to extend MPLS classes of service over DSL access. This telecom industry breakthrough service allows businesses to tag and prioritize applications data traffic over DSL access using up to five classes of service.    
• Built and maintains the largest xDSL coverage area available from a single provider. New Edge Networks' "BigFoot" xDSL coverage provides reach to about 90 percent of business locations in the United States through more than 10,000 unique U.S. central offices.    
• Became one of the first national carriers to provide national flat-rate pricing for private broadband networks with locations anywhere in the United States.    
• Developed a managed networks product with a breakthrough price point of $99 a month per remote location. Managed IP-based virtual private networks typically cost businesses in excess of $150 a month, per site, plus equipment and installation.    
• Established innovative, private, direct connections to payment processors that represent about 70 percent of U.S. card payment transactions, ensuring privacy and security. Use of these direct connections and those to other suppliers is a value-added service to New Edge Networks' customers.    
• Became one of the first communications carriers to achieve network compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards established by the credit card associations for protecting cardholders and businesses from fraud.    
• Formed the Retail Broadband Alliance, a forum that assists merchants on migrating to broadband networks. As of June 2008, there were about 250 member companies representing products, equipment, and services used in the retail supply chain.

Joe Wetzel
President, New Edge Networks
Chief Operating Officer, EarthLink Inc.

Penny Bewick
Vice President - External Affairs

Greg Griffiths
Vice President - Sales and Marketing

Geraldine Williams
Vice President - Finance

Kevin Flaherty
Vice President - Enterprise Sales

Jonathan Mapes
Chief Technology Officer