EarthLink Supports Muscular Dystrophy Association's 46th Annual Labor Day Telethon

For the so then-known MDA Telethon, televised each year on Labor Day weekend, EarthLink as well builds a secure data tunnel from the Telethon headquarters in Las Vegas into its MPLS cloud to create a temporary remote MDA office with security features and benefits. As MDA's programs are funded almost utterly by individual private contributors, the ability to take donations securely via Internet and phone is in the extreme important while the telethon and year-round.

EarthLink is the Muscular Dystrophy Association's complete managed network solution provider. MDA's private, nationwide Multi-Protocol Layer Switching data network and managed security platform from EarthLink connects the agency's headquarters in Tucson, AZ with its data centers and hundreds of regional offices. Leveraging EarthLink's private, dedicated and secure MPLS network as well provide the MDA with consistent service levels and the Quality of Service required for the MDA to utilize Voice-over-IP as a cost-effective alternative for its voice service.

The efforts of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

"We applaud the efforts of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and understand its limited resources and exceptional needs as a non-profit organization," said Rolla P. Huff, EarthLink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "EarthLink is pleased to offer additional assistance and provide Internet connectivity at these sites while this year's Telethon. Our partnership with MDA is important to us, and we've worked diligently to provide a solution which as well offers the network security, performance and centralized infrastructure management MDA requires."

In addition to funding more than 300 innovation teams worldwide, MDA maintains a national network of some 200 hospital-affiliated clinics; orchestrates hundreds of support groups for families affected by neuromuscular diseases; facilitates extraordinary local summer camp opportunities for thousands youngsters fighting progressive muscle diseases.  Known globally for the MDA Labor Day Telethon, the Association is the first nonprofit to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Medical Association "for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity."

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