This is significant, since a large majority of the country's cable systems are not two-way capable. For example, the company recently added more than 130,000 members over one weekend with no significant downtime. We provide the infrastructure, high-speed local connection and marketing, and they provide the Internet access and technical support. By complementing each other's strengths, we've produced a better product. Charter Pipeline is currently available the Los Angeles area, St. Louis, Mo. and parts of Connecticut.
Plans are underway for future service rollouts in other areas.
EarthLink offers other broadband Internet access solutions as well, such as national frame relay and satellite-based access. About Charter Charter Communications is a privately held, St. Louis-based telecommunications company which offers information, entertainment and communications services to more than 1.8 million potential customers in 19 states. About EarthLink EarthLink is the world's largest independent Internet service provider. Through its unified EarthLink Sprint Internet access service, the company makes the Internet relevant and productive to hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses every day. Headquartered in Pasadena, EarthLink provides a full range of innovative access and hosting solutions to thousands of communities internationally from more than 1,500 points of presence.