A map from One Comm’s website showing its network (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider EarthLink ( www.earthlink.net ) announced on Monday it has aqcuired telecom One Communications Corp.( www.onecommunications.com ) for $370 million, including payment of approximately $285 million of One Comm net debt. EarthLink says the acquistion will provide a strong IP network footprint in the Northeast, Midwest and Mid Atlantic regions, overlapping connection cities with EarthLink business long-haul routes in markets including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City, geographical expansion and scale for managed IP services product strategy, and a foundation for potential future acquisitions of revenue bases in the region. “The acquisition of One Communications is a significant development in further transforming EarthLink into one of the largest IP services companies in the US. We will now have a fiber-based IP network that covers a substantial portion of the key business markets across the eastern half of the United States, as well as substantial revenue and EBITDA scale in our strategic line of business,” EarthLink chairman and chief executive officer Rolla P.