Internet provider EarthLink, Inc offers several different methods to connect to the internet, including dial-up, cable and their Digital Subscriber Line. Earthlink also has Web hosting and voice-over-IP services.

On April 22, 2009, Earth Day, EarthLink suffered a major outage and users were unable to access their e-mail, the corporate site or any Web pages hosted by the company.Computer World: EarthLink Suffers Earth Day Crash (April 22, 2009)

• The Morris Worm: University student Robert Morris allegedly want to determine the size of the Internet, so he unleashed his worm virus which resulted in a "denial-of-service attack" that affected approximately 10% of the 6,000 Unix computers that used the Internet at the timePC World: EarthLink Hobbled by Earth Day Crash (April 22, 2009)
• The ILoveYou worm (aka VBS/Loveletter or the Love Bug Worm): Infected an estimated 10% of all connected computers globally, including Inboxes the Pentagon, CIA and British ParliamentPC World: EarthLink Hobbled by Earth Day Crash (April 22, 2009)
• Storm: A botnet identified in 2007, was estimated to affect up to 50 million computers, placing them under a command-and-control system resulting in problems shutting down computers systems so the comprised machines could be used for spam and phishingPC World: EarthLink Hobbled by Earth Day Crash (April 22, 2009)