New EarthLink CEO
EarthLink has now selected a new CEO to replace former CEO Garry Betty who passed away last January due to cancer. Rolla Huff formerly with MPower Communications will now be taking over EarthLink. Hopefully Rolla has some tricks up his sleeve because right now the company is losing a ton of their dial-up customers. The company has implemented a few ideas including “broadband over powerline” which hasn’t given much result yet; but the company is optimistic that it will soon. Rolla Huff seems to feel differently however and possibly will quit investing in it.
He feels good however about the other programs the company is currently implementing and as of right now does not plan to cut any of them unless he has to. Mr. Huff plans on taking 2 or 3 months to evaluate the company’s position before making any major changes, and after that evaluation period says things are subject to change. The company knows that Rolla Huff has a ton of experience and are happy to have him.