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December 20, 1996
VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL AND EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Document Control
Re: Earthlink Network, Inc.
Request to Withdraw Registration Statement on Form 8-A
Commission File No. 000-29016
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On Behalf of EarthLink Network, Inc. (the "Company"), and as its counsel,
we hereby request that the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File
No. 000-29016) originally filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 8, 1996, be formally withdrawn. However, the Company
wishes to keep its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-
5055) on file.
The Company has determined that it will not seek effectiveness of its
registration statement on Form S-1 until sometime in the first part of January,
1997. In the meantime, the Company does not want its Form 8-A to become
automatically effective on January 7, 1997.
If you have any questions regarding this request to withdraw this
Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact me at (404) 888-4266.
Very truly yours,
/s/ W. Tinley Anderson, III
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W. Tinley Anderson, III
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cc: Mr. James E. Daly, Securities and Exchange Commission
Ms. Sarah L. Cunningham, Securities and Exchange Commission (via facsimile
202-942-9544)
Mr. Sky D. Dayton, EarthLink Network, Inc.
Mr. Charles G. Betty, EarthLink Network, Inc.
Mr. Barry W. Hall, EarthLink Network, Inc.
Scott M. Hobby, Esq., Hunton & Williams
J. Stephen Hufford, Esq, Hunton & Williams
Alan Singer, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
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