VOIP technology and community activism may not always go hand-in-hand. But for alternative telephone and data-service provider Cbeyond, they're equal parts of the company culture.

Based in Atlanta, Cbeyond provides managed VoIP-based communications applications for 33,000 small businesses throughout the US. But connecting with customers beyond their T-1 lines has been a priority for the 8-year-old company from its very beginning, says Michelle Tank, Cbeyond's director of public relations.

Cbeyond Recently took that commitment to the next level. Assisted by AOR ...