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To: STK1 who wrote (121)	1/27/1999 9:30:00 PM
From: teb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 397

Willie Ervine and Al Portnoy, and their inventor, John Remillard, see essence Corp at website for Nevada secy of state--essence recently bought out or merged with usat, have been together a number of years, raising money for either voice recognition or compression technology. They have raised considerable dollars over the past several years, but have never, to my knowledge, shown any workable propietary technology. In fact, just the opposite. Numerous people have put their hard earned money in hopes of getting a return on their dollar, but, again, to my knowledge, no investor, at least anyone who invested before this last corp, usat, was formed, has ever seen a penny of his or her original investment, or any return.

To: STK1 who wrote (121)	1/27/1999 9:35:00 PM
From: Rich Buyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 397

GTCC is a better buy then USAT. I would look at this company because USAT has a 630 million market cap and no revenues as well as no proprietary technology. GTCC on the other hand is a diversified long distance company that has a as good or better technology and is sitting right now with a market cap of 78 million(much cheaper then the 630 million market value USAT is at I would say). If USAT deserves to be at the current levels it is at now, I cant see why GTCC couldnt be there as well. Plus USAT lives and dies by only one business (IP Telephony,nothing else). Look at the news below and see that GTCC just might be catching up. COSTA MESA, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999-- Company Will Offer Plan Similar To Internet Telephony In An Effort To Continue To Offer Highly Competitive Long Distance Rate Following the 5.9 cents per minute rate challenge posed to AT&T (NYSE:T), GTC Telecom (OTCBB:GTCC) today announced that it plans to set up a state of the art voice over IP technology network. The voice over IP technology that GTC will use is similar to the technology that companies like USA Talk (OTCBB:USAT) are currently utilizing. However, GTC's network will involve the use of a private network backbone, which will provide extremely reliable service. "Most companies that are implementing voice over IP technology are currently using the Internet as the vehicle for transmitting the calls. It has been to their advantage until this point to use the Internet because on a cost basis, it is virtually free. The choice to go with our own private network versus using the Internet really came down to safeguarding the routing and voice quality of our customer's calls. In addition to raising the quality level of phone calls, we did not want our customers to have to dial extra dialing codes to make their calls. Our network will provide simple, normal dialing," stated Mark Fleming, Executive Vice President of GTC Telecom. Eric Clemons, GTC Telecom's Chief Operating Officer stated, "Our 5.9 cents per minute long distance rate is fiercely competitive with companies like AT&T, Sprint (NYSE:FON), Excel Communications and Tel-Save (NYSE:TALK). Implementing this technology with our already low long distance rates will now allow GTC to become competitive in an entirely new arena. We are extremely excited to begin work on this project and anticipate that it will make our company even more competitive in the long distance industry." To sign up and/or receive more information, access GTC Telecom's website at www.gtctelecom.com. GTC Telecom also has an array of Internet services, including its upcoming online calling card center, www.ecallingcards.com that is scheduled to be launched on Feb. 15, 1999. Founded in 1997, GTC Telecom is an interexchange carrier, providing long distance service to small and medium sized businesses as well as residential customers throughout the United States. Currently, GTC believes that they have the lowest long distance rates nationwide. GTC's long distance service offerings include outbound service, inbound toll-free 800 service, and dedicated private line services for data. GTC's position as an interexchange carrier gives the company the ability to function as a large telecom company but alleviates the overhead, thus allowing GTC to have rates lower than many of their competitors. Visit GTC's web site at www.gtctelecom.com Included in this release are "forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including sales levels, distribution and competition trends and other market factors. CONTACT: The Michelson Group, Inc. 800/824-4012 Quote for referenced ticker symbols: TALK, T, GTCC, FON © 1999, Business Wire