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John D. Baker
President & COO
ACC Business
716-987-3270

For immediate release
August 17, 2001

ACC Business Promotes John D. Baker to President & COO

ROCHESTER, NY — ACC Business, Inc. has promoted John D. Baker to President & COO. In this position, John is responsible for the overall management and growth of ACC Business, including the sales, marketing and finance offices based in New Jersey, and the operations and business development offices based in Rochester.

John brings close to 20 years of sales, marketing and operations management experience to his new position. Most recently, he was Vice President of Operations for ACC Business, where he directed the ACC National Operations Center.

ACC Business delivers affordable telecommunications services to small and mid-sized businesses. Based in Rochester, ACC Business is a division of AT&T - giving its customers access to the largest, most advanced and most reliable telecommunications network in the world.