EarthLink, Inc. provides Internet access and related value-added services to individual and business customers in the United States. EarthLink company operates in two segments, Consumer Services and Business Services. The Consumer Services segment offers narrowband access comprising premium dial-up Internet access and value dial-up Internet access; broadband access that provides high speed Internet connection using a modem across an existing home phone line or cable connection; voice-over-Internet protocol that offers voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and E911 service under various plans; and value-added services that include products for protection, communication, and performance, such as security products, email, home networking, email storage, and Internet call waiting. The Business Services segment provides secure IP-based networks, including virtual private networks (VPN) and CPE-based VPNs; high-speed and dial-up Internet access for business customers; and wholesale services comprising network services to communications carriers. This segment also leases server space and provides Web hosting services that enable customers to build and maintain an online presence, including domain names, storage, mailboxes, software tools to build Web sites, e-commerce applications, and 24/7 customer support. In addition, the Business Services segment offers other services, such as installation programs, managed network services, remote access, and disaster recovery services. EarthLink primarily sells its products and services to telecommunications carriers and network resellers through direct sales force, telephone, Web sales groups, search engine marketing, affinity marketing partners, resellers, sales agents, referral partners, and marketing alliances. EarthLink company has strategic marketing alliance with Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks. EarthLink was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Formed in 1995, the company traces its roots to director of meteorology Jeff Masters' PhD work at the University of Michigan and takes its name from a Bob Dylan song. Want to know the weather for your upcoming ski vacation or how volcanoes effect climate change? The Weather Underground's wunderground.com Web site won't rain on your parade. The company draws climate data from more than 13,000 personal weather stations worldwide. Features of the site include zip code searches, radar and satellite images, historical weather data, and Webcams showing more than 2,000 locations globally. The Weather Underground also provides updates to newspapers and TV stations and offers weather packages for other Web sites.

Uniserve Communications provides Internet services to more than 250,000 customers in Canada. Uniserve Communications offers both dial-up and broadband connections and VoIP telephone service, as well as other related services such as Web hosting, domain registration, and server colocation. Customers include residential, home office, and small-to-medium size businesses, as well as other Internet service providers who purchase wholesale Internet services from Uniserve. Uniserve Communications company's Kinzin subsidiary offers online social networking services tailored for individuals and organizations including schools and sports teams. Uniserve started out as a computer retail store and dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) in 1988.

ServiceMagic helps you hire residential contractors with the click of a mouse -- presto! The company operates an online marketplace where homeowners can find information about qualified contractors and service professionals in their area and post projects and service requests for contractors to bid on. The company fields requests for services in more than 700 categories, including bathroom remodeling, locksmiths, and handymen. It has more than 70,000 pre-screened businesses, many of which are rated by customers, that pay fees for leads received as a result of the service. Co-Chairmen and former CEOs Michael Beaudoin and Rodney Rice started ServiceMagic in 1998. It was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2004.

Internap Network Services Corporation, an Internet solutions and data center company, provides a suite of network optimization, and delivery services and products that manage, deliver, and distribute applications and content. Its services and products enable customers to migrate business-critical applications from private to public networks. The company operates in two segments, IP Services and Data Center Services. The IP Services segment offers high-performance Internet connectivity services; and flow control platform, a premise-based intelligent routing hardware product for customers who run their own multiple network architectures, known as multi-homing. This segment also provides content delivery network (CDN) services that enable customers to stream and distribute rich media and content, such as video, audio software, and applications to audiences through data points of presences (POPs); and capacity-on-demand services to handle events and unanticipated traffic spikes. The Data Center Services segment offers physical space for hosting customers’ network and other equipment; and associated services, such as redundant power and network connectivity, environmental controls, and security. Internap Network Services Corporation provides its services and products through 73 Internet Protocol service points, which include 20 CDN POPs and 47 data centers across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, as well as through 2 international standalone CDN POPs and 2 domestic standalone data center locations. It serves entertainment and media, financial services, healthcare, travel, e-commerce, retail, and technology industries. Internap Network Services Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Socket Holdings Corporation company, formed in 1994 by CEO George Pfeneger and CTO John Dupuy, serves more than 20,000 customers in 400 cities in Missouri. Socket Holdings helps customers in Missouri plug in to the Internet. Socket provides residential and business Internet access, data networking, and Web hosting services, as well as local and long-distance phone service for businesses.

Sitestar is an Internet solutions provider that offers consumer and business-grade Internet access, wholesale managed modem services for downstream ISPs, Web hosting and other value-added services. With a focus on competitive pricing, reliability, service and speed, Sitestar delivers value. Founded in 1999 and traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board exchange (OTCBB) under the symbol SYTE, Sitestar has the financial muscle and staying power to sell and support a comprehensive portfolio of existing and emerging services.

DailyMe, Inc. was founded in 2005 by CEO Eduardo Hauser and is based in Florida. Paperboys everywhere can sleep in late today -- DailyMe.com has already delivered the news electronically. The online news source compiles news from about 500 sources, including local and national newspapers, trade journals, and wire services, and allows registered users to decide how and when they will receive their news. Users can also customize the selection of news (business, technology, world news, etc.), leave comments for other DailyMe users, and share stories via e-mail and social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

Claimsnet.com, Inc., an electronic commerce company, owns, operates, and licenses software used for processing medical insurance claims on the Internet. Its proprietary software enables the communication of data between healthcare payers and their provider networks, and trading partners, such as claims clearinghouses, third party administrators, preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations, claim re-pricing organizations, independent physician associations, and managed service organizations for conducting administrative transactions to effect financial reimbursement for healthcare services. The company’s software provides real-time editing of the claims data for compliance with format and content requirements of payers for specific processing requirements. Its software also enables editing and checking of data accuracy in medical claims without the need for changes to customers information technology systems in data exchange. Claimsnet primarily serves medical and dental industries. Claimsnet.com, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Started by Michael Kinsley in 1996, Slate Magazine is owned by The Washington Post. In 2008 the magazine became part of The Washington Post's newly created Slate Group. If you find mainstream journalism a dull, cold world, you might try this online publication. Slate Magazine operates a popular Web site offering news and commentary slightly skewed for hip and erudite readers. The Internet magazine covers the arts, business, politics, sports, travel, and technology and attracts an audience of about 5 million people. The Web site is supported through advertising and sponsorships.

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