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AT&T Completes Purchase of BellSouth

January 4, 2006 — After a lengthy period of negotiation with federal regulators, telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Tuesday it has completed its $8.5 billion stock-for-stock acquisition of DSL provider BellSouth, according to reports.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

October 13, 2006 — This Week’s biggest Web hosting news may not have been a Web hosting story, but it was a deal that will no doubt have an impact on the Internet as one of the Internet’s biggest businesses acquired one of the Web’s hottest properties.

Earthlink Speaks Out on Telco Merger

October 12, 2006 — Internet service provider Earthlink released a statement on Thursday regarding the closing of the investigation of AT&T’s acquisition of BellSouth.

Beanstalk Builds Secondary Data Center

April 3, 2006 — Networking and software hosting service provider Beanstalk Networks announced on Monday that it has established a data center in the IBM Atlanta e-business Hosting Center.

Verizon Makes Offer for MCI

February 11, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports, telecommunications carrier Verizon (verizon.com) is in serious merger talks with MCI (mci.com) and could announce a deal in the next few days.

Hosting Options for IM

Instantrnmessaging software, or IM, enables a user to create a kind of privaternchat room with another individual in order to communicate in real timernover the Internet, like a telephone conversation but using text-basedrncommunication. rnThernsoftware also alerts a user to whether somebody on his or her privaternlist is online. They then can initiate a chat session …Read More

SpiderHost Signs Data Center Deal

June 18, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Spiderhost (spiderhost.com) announced on Friday that it has signed a two-year agreement for its own data center facility in Orlando, Florida. The company said the facility is to serve as the central hub of its network operations and help it efficiently support and manage its customers.

Akamai Experiencing Network Problems

May 25, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), problems with Akamai’s (akamai.com) content distribution network caused a number of Web sites to go offline on Monday morning.

Terremark Closes $10 M Stock Offering

The company, headquartered in Miami, Florida, said the convertible preferred stock was issued in exchange for $7.8 million in cash and $2.2 million in promissory notes – $1.0 million due April 25, 2004 and $1.2 million due June 1, 2004. According to Carrier Hotels, the company is expected to use the proceeds to meet up to $3.8 million in obligations. The company has more than $23 million in obligations coming due this year.

Terremark Adds Customers to NAP

The new customers include BellSouth MNS, Inc., the Internet services division of BellSouth, Cable & Wireless USA, and Yahoo.