FirstLight Fiber Installs Point of Presence at 325 Hudson

New York

325 Hudson, the rising Carrier Hotel and Meet Me Room in New York City, welcomes EarthLink, a leading managed network and cloud solutions provider for multi-location businesses, into the Meet Me Room at 325 Hudson. With a newly established Point of Presence, EarthLink will provide full services to Carriers and Enterprise customers.

EarthLink Carrier®, the carrier division of EarthLink, is a facilities-based wholesale telecommunications provider to Inter-Exchange Carriers (IXC), wireless carriers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), VoIP providers, resellers, content providers, and cable companies. Leveraging extensive network reach nationwide, and deep into Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4 markets, EarthLink Carrier regularly customizes diversity and redundancy to create the right solutions for customers, with priority support from initial consultation through implementation.

“EarthLink is excited to enter the 325 Hudson space, as it gives us the ability to connect existing and new customers in other locations to the New York metro area with increased flexibility,” said Lorenzo Leuzzi, EarthLink Vice President, Carrier and Wholesale Services.

“The deployment of EarthLink at 325 Hudson allows EarthLink to offer new levels of performance in terms of speed to market and an ability to raise awareness of the impressive fiber network they own and operate,” added John A. Danko, Director of Business Development at 325 Hudson. “It also gives EarthLink a true neutral alternative in New York City, and the ability to connect their partners throughout the United States and internationally.”

About Netrality Properties:

Netrality Properties integrates the ownership of carrier hotel real estate and the operation of data center colocation, providing network neutral “Meet Me Room” environments with long-term stability and no monthly recurring charges for cross connections. Netrality Properties currently owns approximately 3 million square feet of carrier hotel property including 325 Hudson Street in New York (owned in Joint Venture with Jamestown, LP), 401 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, 1102 Grand in Kansas City, 717 South Wells in Chicago, and 1301 Fannin in Houston. Netrality is a joint venture operated by affiliates of Amerimar Enterprises and Hunter Newby. For more information on Netrality Properties, please visit www.netralityproperties.com.

About EarthLink:

EarthLink (EarthLink Holdings Corp.) (NASDAQ: ELNK) provides managed network, security and cloud solutions for multi-location businesses. We help thousands of specialty retailers, restaurants, financial institutions, healthcare providers, professional service firms and local governments deliver a reliable and engaging customer experience in their stores and branch offices. We do so by building and managing MPLS WAN networks, by providing virtualized infrastructure, security, hosted voice, secure WiFi andcompliance solutions, and by offering exceptional customer care. We operate a nationwide network spanning more than 28,000 fiber route miles, with 90 metro fiber rings and secure data centers that provide ubiquitous data and voice IP service coverage. Our EarthLink Carrier® division sells facilities-based wholesale telecommunications to other providers and our award-winning Internet services connect hundreds of thousands of residential customers across the U.S. For more, visit www.earthlink.com and follow@earthlink, LinkedIn and Google+.