McLeodUSA Telecommunications Inc.

McLeodUSA provides integrated telecommunications service to small and medium-sized businesses and to residential customers.

McLeodUSA integrated telecommunications service includes:

• local phone service
• long distance phone service
• Internet access and e-mail
• voice mail

McLeodUSA also offers:

• direct marketing and telemarketing services (RuffaloCODY)
• yellow pages advertising (McLeodUSA Publishing Company)

Additionally, McLeodUSA is now:

• a full service provider of telecommunications equipment (Digital Communications)

McLeodUSA Headquarters: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Number of Employees: 5,000 (as of June 30, 1998)
1997 Annual Revenues: $268 million

McLeodUSA Telecommunications Inc. uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:

  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)

• Network file server:

  • Samba server for a network of PCs.

• Electronic mail server:

  • SMTP mail router.

• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:

  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.

• Software development tools:

  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
  • Others.

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