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To: Mr. Big who wrote (53603)	2/9/1999 10:09:00 AM
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ELIX...Electric Lightwave Enters San Diego and Dallas Markets With High-Speed DataAnd Internet Access Services National Expansion Plans Continue, Giving Local Businesses a Choice In Communication Services VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 9/PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave Inc. (Nasdaq: ELIX), one of the nation's leading integrated communications providers, today announced the expansion of its high-speed data and Internet access services into the San Diego and Dallas markets. These cities are part of the company's ongoing national expansion plans, which will include Houston, Austin, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston by the end of the year. Electric Lightwave previously announced the availability of services in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Denver. "Our ultra high-speed network provides our customers with the flexibility to utilize one source for all their Internet service and growing e-commerce needs," said Trent Anderson, regional sales vice president for Electric Lightwave. "Our network is not only capable of meeting the demands of businesses in San Diego and Dallas, but will connect them to our growing national network." Data services now available in the San Diego and Dallas markets include frame relay, point-to-point private lines, dedicated Internet access, remote access dial-up, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and Transparent LAN (Local Area Network) connections. With a national fiber optic network and top national ranking by Boardwatch Magazine as an Internet backbone provider, Electric Lightwave will continue to support fast and reliable data transmissions for businesses across the country. "San Diego and Dallas are part of our strategy to provide services nationwide," said Anderson. "Our message is simple. We want to be the provider of choice in transporting large amounts of data for customers choosing to conduct business on-line." For more information about services in San Diego, please call Jim Dic Kard, director of sales at 619-546-2997; for Dallas, contact John Abraham, general manger for the Southwest at 972-444-2531. About Electric Lightwave Electric Lightwave, Inc. is the leading integrated communications provider of enhanced data services, frame relay, ATM and Internet access solutions to bandwidth intensive businesses and the growing e-commerce market. The company offers long distance, data and prepaid services nationwide. As a full-service provider, the company offers local, long distance, videoconferencing and high-speed broadband transport via an expanding fiber optic network that interconnects major markets in the West. The company owns and operates Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in the Seattle, Spokane, Wash., Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho markets. Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, the company is on the World Wide Web at www.eli.net.