| Hartington Telecommunications Inc. Northeast Nebraska full service provider. http://www.hartel.net/ |
| Acceris Communications Local, long distance, a variety of data services, and patented Voice over IP (VoIP) technology. http://www.acceris.com |
| Alaska Communications Systems Facilities-based long distance provider based in Alaska. http://www.acsalaska.com/ |
| Birch Telecom CLEC providing local, long distance and Internet services in the Midwest, Southeast and Texas. http://www.birch.com/ |
| Blue Casa Communications California provider targeted at the Hispanic market. Presented in Spanish and English. http://www.bluecasa.com/ |
| Broadview Networks Provider of Internet, data, long distance, and local phone services in selected northeastern states. http://www.broadviewnet.com/ |
| Broadwing Based in the US, with an all-optical internal network. http://www.broadwing.com/ |
| Cameron Communications Louisiana based parent company to local area providers of phone, Internet, and cable services. http://www.camtel.com/ |
| Capsule Communications, Inc. Long distance telephone service primarily to small medium-size business customers. Also: toll-free, travel cards, cellular, paging, Internet and pre-paid. (OTC: CAPS). http://www.capsulecom.com/ |
| Cavalier Telephone Local, long distance, data, Internet services in VA, MD, DC, NJ, and PA. http://www.cavtel.com/ |
| CenturyTel, Inc. Provides local, long distance, Internet and data services in 22 states. Based in Monroe, Louisiana. http://www.centurytel.com |
| Citizens Utilities Telecommunications company providing wireline communications services in rural areas and small and medium-sized towns and cities. http://www.czn.net/ |
| Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. Holding company with subsidiaries that provide rural local telephone, long distance and Internet services, primarily to customers in Pennsylvania. (Nasdaq: CTCO). http://www.ct-enterprises.com/ |
| Connecticut Telephone Facilities based provider of competitive communications services in Connecticut. http://www.cttel.com/ |
| DayStarr Communications Michigan based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) offering voice and data services. http://www.daystarr.net/ |
| DE Communications, Inc. Regional phone company and ISP serving southeastern Pennsylvania. Includes investor reports, employment, press releases and service area. http://www.decommunications.com/ |
| Eastern Oregon Telecom Residential and business; voice, Centrex, and DSL service. http://www.eotnet.com/ |
| Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Providing telephone services in the East Texas area. http://www.eastex.com/ |
| FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. Operates fiber-optic network interconnections. http://www.ftgx.com/ |
| Frontier Telecommunications company provides local and long distance telephone services, paging, and Internet access in 24 states. http://www.frontieronline.com/ |
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