CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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         I, Michael E. Heisley, Sr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
certify that:

                  1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
         Worldport Communications, Inc.;

                  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not
         contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

                  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present
         in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
         and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
         in this quarterly report;

                  4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
         procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
         for the registrant and have:

                           a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
                  or caused such disclosures and controls and procedures to be
                  designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                  information relating to the registrant, including its
                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which
                  this quarterly report is being prepared;

                           b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                  quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
                  the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
                  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                           c) disclosed in this report any change in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                  occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
                  (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                  annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                  likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
                  over financial reporting; and

                  5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's
         auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's Board of Directors
         (or persons performing equivalent functions):

                           a) all significant deficiencies in the design or
                  operation of internal control over financial reporting which
                  are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
                  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
                  information; and

                           b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant role in
                  the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



         /s/ Michael E. Heisley, Sr.
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         Michael E. Heisley, Sr.
         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

         November 14, 2003