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                               Exhibit 99.5

                   PRIOR YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURES

     Each of the following statements previously made by the Company is
being designated as a "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure" under the Year 2000
Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.  These prior Year 2000 Readiness
Disclosures were based in part upon and repeated information provided by
the Company's customers, suppliers and other third parties without
independent verification by the Company.  These prior Year 2000 Readiness
Disclosures are superseded by the Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure in the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 1998.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-QSB FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1998

YEAR 2000 COMPUTER SOFTWARE ISSUES

     The Company is highly dependent upon advanced computer systems and
specialized software for the conduct of its business.  These systems
include switching and network operations, billing and customer care,
accounting and reporting and Internet operating systems, as well as a wide
assortment of personal computer productivity software.  In 1997, as part of
its reorganization plan, the Company installed new accounting and reporting
systems and began the installation of a new billing and customer service
system, currently scheduled for completion in 1998.  It also rebuilt its
Internet operating systems and installed a new switching platform and
software system.

     As part of its systems replacement process, the Company addressed an
issue that is facing all users of automated information systems.  The issue
is that many computer systems that process date sensitive information based
on two digits representing the year of the event may recognize a date using
"00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000.  The inability to
correctly recognize "00" as the year 2000 could affect a wide variety of
automated information systems, such as mainframe applications, invoicing
and receivables tracking systems, event scheduling systems, personal
computers and communication systems, in the form of software failure,
errors or miscalculations.

     The Company's system vendors have assured the Company that its new
systems will not experience year 2000 problems.  However, given the
complexity of the specialized software used by the Company and the relative
newness of the year 2000 problem, there can be no assurance that the
Company's new or remaining systems will not experience some problems as
these systems begin to operate using year 2000 dates.  The Company will
continue to assess the impact of the year 2000 issue on the remainder of
its computer-based systems and applications throughout 1998.  The Company's
goal is to perform tests of its systems and applications during 1998 and to



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have all systems and applications compliant with the century change by
December 31, 1998.

     The Company believes that with modifications to existing software and
conversions to new software, the year 2000 issue will not pose significant
operational problems for its computer systems.  While the Company will
continue to monitor and test its systems for potential problems, failure of
key software systems to properly recognize and handleyear 2000 dates could
result in material and wide-spread failures in the Company's operations,
possibly leading to severe service outages and
customer complaints.  Such failures, were they to occur, would have severe
adverse effects on the Company's results of operations, liquidity and
capital resources.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

YEAR 2000 COMPUTER SOFTWARE ISSUES

     The Company is highly dependent upon advanced computer systems and
specialized software for the conduct of its business.  These systems
include switching and network operations, billing and customer care,
accounting and reporting and Internet operating systems, as well as a wide
assortment of personal computer productivity software.  In 1997, as part of
its reorganization plan, the Company installed new accounting and reporting
systems and began the installation of a new billing and customer service
system, currently scheduled for completion in 1998.  The Company also
rebuilt its Internet operating systems and installed a new switching
platform and software system in 1997.

     As part of its systems replacement process, the Company addressed an
issue that is facing all users of automated information systems.  The issue
is that many computer systems that process date sensitive information based
on two digits representing the year of the event may recognize a date using
"00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000.  The inability to
correctly recognize "00" as the year 2000 could affect a wide variety of
automated information systems, such as mainframe applications, invoicing
and receivables tracking systems, event scheduling systems, personal
computers and communication systems, in the form of software failure,
errors or miscalculations.

     The Company's software suppliers have assured the Company that its new
systems will not experience year 2000 problems.  However, given the
complexity of the specialized software used by the Company and the relative
newness of the year 2000 problem, there can be no assurance that the
Company's new or remaining systems will not experience some problems as
these systems begin to operate using year 2000 dates.  While the Company
will continue to monitor and test its systems for potential problems,
failure of key software systems to properly recognize and handle year 2000

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dates could result in material and wide-spread failures in the Company's
operations, possibly leading to severe service outages and customer
complaints.  Such  failures, were they to occur, would have severe adverse
effects on the Company's results of operations, liquidity and capital
resources.









































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