November 22, 2008

EarthLink Business

For a business owner requiring a new connectivity option or upgrading an existing offering, the choice of connectivity and service offerings can be bewildering. Which connection speed do I go for? Do I need a web site? If I get a web site what will it end up costing me? What can a web site do for me? EarthLink has already asked these questions and seem to have made products and services available to make the transition as smooth as possible.

EarthLink business connectivity is option-rich and provides all the connectivity and web hosting features required for a small business with 5 or less employees, right up to the largest corporate. The products offered, Small Office DSL (digital subscriber line), Business DSL, Business T1 and Business T1/T3, cover the entire spectrum of business networked Internet connectivity for wired functionality like email and web browsing. The Small Office DSL is not upgradable to the other options, which means that a new connection will have to be established, but this is a technology/infrastructure obstacle. Small Office DSL is highly cost effective, which smooths out this issue.

These business connectivity options are all subject to the full service offering by EarthLink: 24/7 support, additional software and tools and also some attractive extras: dial-up time is limited only for Small Office DSL – the unlimited dial-up option on all the other packages make remote email access available to employees on the road at no extra cost but with a lot of goodwill! The 3 other packages come with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) which means that EarthLink stands by their uptime, support availability and other commitments they make in the contract taken out for the service. The customer is also able to query service and support problems in accordance with the contract guidelines.

To obtain an Internet presence with a web site and a domain name specific for the business, the EarthLink web hosting is an additional cost over and above EarthLink Business. Web hosting coupled with the connection to the web gained with EarthLink business allows a business a fully wired presence, giving them access to all the best possibilities offered by the Internet. The subscribing business is fully protected with the EarthLink anti-virus, firewall, spam blockers and other software, and they are able to leverage a professional, competitive web site with state of the art technology like web services and data feeds, with contained and clearly visible cost options. EarthLink business and its web hosting are highly competitive and cost effective in a very large and confusing space. The clarity of their options and the very simple path a subscriber can take to being a successfully and cost-effectively wired business makes EarthLink a very attractive ISP.

Latest EarthLink Web Hosting News

Earthlink’s New Edge, Powers Jewelers
Vancouver, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 13, 2008 - Wholly owned subsidiary of EarthLink Inc., New Edge Networks, has inked a $1.6 million deal with Whitehall Jewelers, for 375 stores. The agreement has expanded and renewed for managing and maintaining a private network linking the [...]

Latest EarthLink Web Hosting Blog Posts

EarthLink Web Hosting Review
We seem to spend a lot of time talking about the latest shared hosting provider. There has been buzz lately around companies like BlueHost, DreamHost, and many other who have raised bandwidth and disk space offerings. Some have been criticized for “overselling.” A while back, we took some time out to turn our attention to hosting [...]

Build a Professional Looking Website with Homestead.com.