Earthlink has partnered with Covad to extend its VoIP services to 8 more cities in America.

Under the deal, Earthlink will give Covad $50 million in debt and equity financing which will fund the extension of Covad’s line-powered voice access service enabling the alternative offering of Earthlink DSL and Home Phone Service instead of traditional or local phone companies to 8 more cities:

1) Atlanta,
2) Chicago,
3) Los Angeles,
4) Miami,
5) New York City,
6) Philadelphia,
7) San Diego and
8) Washington, D.C.

Currently Earthlink provides DSL and Home Phone Service in:

a) Dallas,
b) San Francisco,
c) San Jose and
d) Seattle.

Om Malik says that Earthlink needs to be more aggressive and I agree as well. I also agree that this is a great move indeed by both Earthlink and Covad as it is a win-win situation for both.

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