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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                       CONFESSED JUDGMENT PROMISSORY NOTE

                                IMPORTANT NOTICE

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS A CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT PROVISION, WHICH CONSTITUTES A
WAIVER OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AS A DEBTOR AND ALLOWS THE CREDITOR TO
OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE.

U.S. $321,106.42                                                   July __, 2001
                                                             Arlington, Virginia

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Orion Technologies, Inc., (the "Maker" or
"Orion"), the parent company of Globalinx, Inc. ("Globalinx") the successor in
interest to Erbia Networks, Inc. located at 1133 21st Street, N.W. 8th Floor,
Washington D.C. 20036 promises to pay Qwest Communications Corporation and any
of its successors, affiliates or assigns (the "Note Holder" or "Qwest") located
at 4250 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203 the principal sum of
Three hundred twenty-one thousand, one hundred six and 42/100 U.S. Dollars
($321,106.42), plus interest, owed for telecommunications services provided to
Globalinx by Qwest, and in consideration for the forbearance of Qwest's legal
right to pursue collection of the debt. With the execution of this Commercial
Note, Orion agrees to execute the Qwest Communications Corporation, Orion
Technologies, Inc. and Globalinx, Inc. Forbearance, Repayment, Settlement and
Release Agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") reaffirming the obligations owed
under the Wholesale Service Agreement dated May 18, 2000 by and between
Globalinx and Qwest and any and all amendments thereto (the "Carrier
Agreement").

1.      Payment. The principal sum, plus interest, shall be payable to Note
Holder in twelve (12) monthly installment payments, due by the close of business
and commencing on August 1, 2001. Each subsequent installment payment is due on
or before the close of business on the first business day of each subsequent
month, continuing through July 1, 2002 (hereinafter the "Maturity Date"), at
which time all remaining indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall be due and
payable, if it has not been fully paid before then. The installment payments
shall be payable by wire transfer to QWEST'S ACCOUNT AT NATIONAL CITY BANK,
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, USA, ROUTING NUMBER 083000056, CREDIT (DOLLAR AMOUNT) TO
QWEST DDA # 354075341, and payable in accordance with the following repayment
schedule:

           -    $15,520.14 due on or before August 1, 2001;
           -    $15,520.14 due on or before September 3, 2001;
           -    $15,520.14 due on or before October 1, 2001;
           -    $15,520.14 due on or before November 1, 2001;
           -    $15,520.14 due on or before December 3, 2001;
           -    $15,520.14 due on or before January 1, 2002;
           -    $41,743.83 due on or before February 1, 2002;
           -    $41,743.83 due on or before March 1, 2002;
           -    $41,743.83 due on or before April 1, 2002;
           -    $41,743.83 due on or before May 1, 2002;


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           -    $41,743.83 due on or before June 3, 2002; and
           -    $41,743.83 due on or before July 1, 2002.

2.      Acceleration. Upon any default of this Note, default of the Settlement
        Agreement and/or any failure of the Maker to timely pay for
        telecommunications services rendered by Qwest, at Note Holder's option,
        and in addition to any and all rights and remedies available to Note
        Holder upon a default under this Note, the Settlement Agreement and/or
        the Carrier Agreement, at law and in equity, the entire principal amount
        outstanding and accrued interest thereon, shall at once become due and
        payable, without further notice to the Maker. Note Holder may exercise
        this option to accelerate during any default by Maker, regardless of any
        prior forbearance. Acceleration, once claimed by Note Holder hereunder,
        may at Note Holder's option be rescinded by written acknowledgement to
        that effect, but no act of Maker alone shall in any way affect or
        rescind such demand.

3.      Termination of Service Upon Default. Upon any default of this Note,
        and/or any failure of the Maker to timely pay for telecommunications
        services rendered by Qwest, at Note Holder's option, and in addition to
        any and all rights and remedies available to Note Holder upon a default
        under this Note, Qwest may terminate its provision of telecommunications
        services to Maker without further notice to the Maker.

4.      Confession of Judgment. In addition to all other rights and remedies
        available to Note Holder, upon non-payment of all or any part of the
        sums due under this Note when due and payable, Maker hereby authorizes
        Note Holder, through Joyce Hayes and/or Robert Wolfrum of Fairfax
        County, or their assigns, to appear as their attorney in fact before the
        Clerk of the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, or any other
        court of record in the United States or any state which has jurisdiction
        over Maker, to confess judgment against Maker, in favor of Note Holder,
        for the full unpaid balance of this Note, plus interest, late fees,
        court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. Maker expressly waives
        summons and other process, and does further consent to the immediate
        execution of said judgment, expressly waiving the benefit of all
        exemption laws.

5.      Remedies Cumulative; Non Waiver. The remedies of Note Holder shall be
        cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued singly, successively, or
        together, against Maker or any one or more of them, at Note Holder's
        discretion, and may be exercised as often as the occasion therefor may
        arise. Neither the failure of Note Holder to exercise its option to
        accelerate following a default hereunder, nor the acceptance by Note
        Holder of partial payments or partial performance, shall constitute a
        waiver of any such default, and Note Holder's rights upon such default
        shall remain continuously in force.

6.      Joint and Several Liability. If Maker consists of more than one natural
        person and/or entity, then the liability of each such person for the
        entire amount due shall be joint and several.

7.      Interest. This Note shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent
        (8%) per annum.


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8.      Attorneys' Fees. If any action is taken to collect this Note, Note
        Holder shall be entitled to collect, and Maker agrees to and shall pay,
        all reasonable costs and expenses thereof, including but not limited to
        reasonable attorneys' fees.

9.      Payment. Maker may prepay the principal amount outstanding in whole or
        in part without penalty. Note Holder may require that any partial
        prepayments be made on the date installments are due. Any partial
        prepayment shall be applied first against late fees (if any), then to
        interest (if any), with the remainder applied to principal and shall not
        postpone the due date of any subsequent installments or change the
        amount of such installments unless Note Holder shall otherwise agree in
        writing.

10.     Waiver of Rights and Defenses. Any and all homestead and exemption laws
        and rights, including valuation or appraisement rights or the doctrine
        of marshalling of liens and marshalling of assets, available to Maker
        pursuant to the law of any state, territory or jurisdiction or of the
        United States of America, against the collection of this indebtedness or
        any renewals thereof, or against the enforcement of any lien securing
        such indebtedness, are hereby expressly waived by Maker. Maker
        acknowledges that this Note is not a consumer loan and the obligations
        of this Note do not arise from personal, family, household or
        agricultural purposes but are for commercial purposes and represent sums
        owed by Maker as past due arrearages for commercial telecommunication
        and related services. Maker waives any and all defenses to the
        collection or enforcement of this Note except for payment by Maker of
        the Note.

11.     Waiver of Presentment. All parties to this Note, including Maker, any
        endorsers, sureties and guarantors, and whether bound by this or by
        separate instrument or agreement, waive presentment for payment, demand,
        protest, notice of nonpayment, or dishonor and of protest, and any and
        all other notices and demands whatsoever, and consent that at any time,
        or from time to time, payment of any sum payable under this Note may be
        extended without notice, whether for a definite or indefinite time.

12.     Severability. If all or any part of one or more of the provisions
        contained in this Note shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
        illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality,
        or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder of that provision or
        any other provision of this Note, and this Note shall be construed as if
        such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been
        contained herein.

13.     Time of the Essence. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE IN PAYMENT HEREUNDER
        AND IN MAKER'S PERFORMANCE OF EACH AND EVERY TERM AND CONDITION OF THIS
        NOTE.

14.     Governing Law. This Note shall be construed, interpreted, and enforced
        according to, and governed by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.


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15.     Waiver of Jury Trial. MAKER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION
        RELATING TO THIS NOTE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COLLECTION OR
        ENFORCEMENT.

        WHEREFORE, Maker has executed this Note under seal on the date first
written above.

                                             Orion Technologies, Inc.


                                             By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:




STATE OF________________________)
                                )     ss:
COUNTY OF_______________________)

           On this the _________ day of _________, 20__, before me,
_____________________, the undersigned officer, personally appeared
____________________, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing document, and acknowledged that he/she
executed the foregoing document for the purposes therein contained and that
he/she is duly authorized to execute said document.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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                                             Notary Public
My Commission Expires:

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