New EarthLink Business Contract Signed by Sandler Partners

Sandler Partners has now become the latest master agency to sign the new EarthLink Business nationwide agreement for channel partners. After accepting the new terms, the associates of Sandler Partners, which include Telarus, TCG, WTG, Carrier Source (News - Alert), Telephony Partners and X4, will be able to vend voice, data, cloud and managed IT services across the nation.

New Edge Networks, Deltacom, One Communications (News - Alert) and STS Telecom were some of the companies acquired by EarthLink Business. A modified agent contract, which merged the agreements of these companies, was released by EarthLink Business last September. Associates were only allowed to sell particular products in a specific area by each of the companies.

In a release, Alan Sandler, managing partner for Sandler Partners, said, "The partnership between EarthLink and Sandler Partners benefits the agent community at large, as EarthLink's network expansions via its acquisitions mirror our own northeastern and southeastern expansions and our new regional headquarters in Atlanta and Dallas/Ft. Worth. This mutually beneficial new contract is a win for both Sandler and EarthLink, giving our subagents confidence in commission protection that will help us substantially grow our relationship."

J.R. Cook, VP of channel partners for EarthLink Business, said, “Sandler Partners was a top-performer selling our nationwide MPLS offering with one of our legacy companies. Our ability to now offer access to a nationwide IP voice and hosted solution across that same private secure network represents a huge potential to this already successful partnership."