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


         August 14, 2003