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ACC Business Announces Managed Internet Service

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May, 2002— ACC Business, a division of AT&T, announces the launch of Managed Internet Service (MIS). MIS is designed to consolidate the management of Internet operations through dedicated access and network reliability, performance, scalability and security.

“Businesses rely on the Internet for a number of critical operations: electronic commerce, e-mail, and remote access." said Mike DeGennaro, Offer Manager. "MIS allows them to control everything through one reliable service backed by the AT&T network.”

ACC Business provides customers with 24-hour, dedicated access to the Internet at speeds from 56 Kbps to T1.5 and higher via the AT&T OC48/OC192 IP Backbone. AT&T was recently cited as one of the “Ten Most Powerful Companies in Networking” by Network World and among the top-performing IP backbones by Boardwatch magazine and Keystone Systems Inc.

“ACC Business continually evaluates its programs based on our agent feedback," said DeGennaro. They wanted a strong Internet offering for their customers and we’ve delivered with ACC Business Managed Internet Service.”

ACC Telecom was founded in Rochester, NY, as a regional long distance carrier in 1982, AT&T acquired ACC Telecom in 1998 and incorporated the operations of the business sector to create ACC Business (www.accbusiness.com). Now a division of AT&T, ACC Business provides business customers with access to the largest, most advanced and reliable telecommunications network in the world. The AT&T Worldwide Intelligent Network is 100% digital, carries more than 97% of its traffic on fiber-optic cable and is constantly enhanced, upgraded and monitored for excellence.