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size=4></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Kind of cool headline. Wonder how
long it will take Earthlink to pay off that $100 debt...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="TIMES NEW ROMAN, GEORGIA, TIMES" size=4>NEW YORK,
Feb. 11 —</FONT> <FONT color=#000000
face="TIMES NEW ROMAN, GEORGIA, TIMES" size=5>EarthLink Network, Inc. has agreed
to buy Sprint Corp.’s Internet customers for about $24 million in cash and
$100 in debt. The deal is part of a long-term strategic alliance that creates
one of the industry’s most powerful Internet access services, the two
companies said Wednesday</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>