Last year, the company reported dial-up subscriptions decreased 245,000, or 6 percent, in the third quarter of 2002 compared with the same period the previous year. During the same period, broadband sign-ups grew from an average of 387,000 to 642,000. EarthLink said it had about 4.8 million customers overall. Rival ISPs America Online and Microsoft's MSN both have more subscribers than EarthLink. EarthLink said in its statement that it planned to transfer customer inquiries normally handled by the affected facilities to call centers in Atlanta, Harrisburg, Pa., and Roseville, Calif. The cuts should lower its spending by more than $20 million.

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CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. HelloSoft announced Tuesday it raised more than $11 million in its first round of funding. Venrock Associates and Sofinnova Ventures led the round, which included participation from Acer Technology Ventures and JumpStartUp Venture fund. San Jose, Calif.-based HelloSoft provides wireless communications software to original equipment manufacturers and semiconductor companies developing 2.5G and 3G wireless, wireless LAN (local area network) and Bluetooth devices.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, "We will not be victims of the cost animal," AT&T Wireless Executive Vice President Greg Slemons said Tuesday, Analyst Joe Laszlo of Jupiter Research expects most U.S, carriers to follow suit, especially in rural areas, where it's difficult and costly to expand a telephone network, "Carriers i'll never let go iphone case will be a little more reluctant to share towers in urban areas, because it's important to have coverage as a differentiator," Laszlo said, "But as they try to push networks further out, and increase covered areas, we're likely to see sharing on some level."..

The notion of giant companies sharing the same resources, and possibly shutting out others, will likely raise concerns of regulators about anticompetitive behavior, Laszlo added. "But given the costs of building out and increasing coverage, it does merit some regulatory flexibility in letting them share the infrastructure," Laszlo said. The first U.S. carriers to share construction duties were Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile, forming a partnership known as VoiceStream Wireless when it was announced, Oct. 15, 2001.