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John D. Baker
ACC Business
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FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002

ACC Business Announces Private Line Service

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—ACC Business, a division of AT&T, announces the launch of Private Line Service. Private Line is a digital network service that offers dedicated, high-speed data networking solutions.

"Businesses today require services that can handle their data, voice and video applications simultaneously," said Adam Land, Technical Sales Manager. "Private Line allows them to manage everything through one solution provisioned on the AT&T network."

Private Line provides dedicated digital transmission paths at speeds of 56 Kbps through 44.736 (DS3) Mbps through point-to-point or multi-point facilities. ACC Business delivers Private Line service through the AT&T network, which features the world's largest Dense Wavelength Multiplexing deployment as well as the latest SONET and optical networking technologies.

"Supply chain management, information sharing, imaging, automation, customer service and distance learning are just some of the applications of Private Line," said Land. "We're proud to be able to offer such a powerful data networking solution."

ACC Business provides voice and data services to business customers through a dedicated agent sales channel. Telecommunication service is provided by the AT&T Network - renowned for its quality, reliability and stability.

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