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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS  AGREEMENT  made this 29th day of July 1998,  by and  between  OPEC,  Corp.
(hereinafter   called  "Company")  and  Daniel  J.  Romano  (hereinafter  called
"Employee") shall be effective as of August 1, 1998

                                    RECITALS:

WHEREAS,  The Company,  desires to enter into an  employment  relationship  with
Employee pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS,  Employee  is  willing  to accept  such  employment  with the  Company,
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

NOW THEREFORE,  the Parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
promises hereinafter contained, do hereby agree as follows:

                                      TERMS

1.   EMPLOYMENT  DUTIES.  The  Company  hereby  employs  Employee to perform the
     following duties as the Vice President of the Company.

     a.   Perform all duties of Vice President as described in the Bylaws of the
          corporation,  to supervise the management of the day to day affairs of
          the Company,  the hiring of personnel,  the bidding and negotiation of
          construction  contracts,  the satisfactory  completion of construction
          projects,  the  acquisition  of  equipment  and to carry out any other
          duties  assigned to him by the President and Board of Directors of the
          Company.

     b.   To serve as a Director of the Company.

2.   PERFORMANCE. Employee agrees to devote reasonable time and effort necessary
     to perform the duties described in Section 1 above in a manner satisfactory
     to the Company and to perform such other duties as are assigned to him from
     time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company.

3.   TERM.  Except as  provided  in Section 7 below,  the term of this  Contract
     shall be five (5) years from the  effective  date  hereof.  This  Agreement
     shall   automatically  renew  for  periods  of  one  year,  unless  earlier
     terminated in accordance  with the  provisions of Section 7 below or either
     party  gives  written  notice,  at  least  thirty  days  (30)  prior to the
     automatic renewal date, of their intention not to renew this Agreement.

4.   COMPENSATION.

     a.   In  consideration  for the  services to be rendered by Employee in his
          capacity hereunder, Employee shall be compensated as follows:

          An annual salary of Ninety Thousand & 00/100 Dollars ($90,000),  which
          shall be payable in equal  installments  based on the Company's normal
          pay periods.
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     b.   A bonus of Forty Thousand & 00/100 Dollars ($40.000),  if the Company,
          under Employee's  management,  achieves those revenue and profit goals
          as approved by the Board of Directors at the  beginning of each fiscal
          year. Such bonus shall be payable within 30 days after the end of each
          fiscal year.

     c.   Employees salary,  may be adjusted by mutual consent of the parties at
          any time during the term of this contract or any subsequent  extension
          hereof. In addition, the Company may provide other employment benefits
          as per Section 5 below.

5.   EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. The Company, at its sole discretion, may provide certain
     group  benefits to all full time employees and agrees that Employee will be
     covered by any such plans  adopted by the  Company  while he is a full time
     employee  and  Employee  hereby  agrees to submit to any  medical  or other
     examination and to execute and deliver any application or other  instrument
     in writing, reasonably necessary to effectuate such plans and benefits.

6.   EXPENSES.  The Company will  reimburse the employee for all  reasonable and
     necessary business expenses which are approved in advance by the Company.

7.   TERMINATION. Employment under this Agreement may be terminated as follows:

     a.   DEATH/EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT RENEWAL. By Employees death
          or upon the  expiration of the term of this  Agreement and the Company
          shall be  obligated,  in either  event,  to pay  Employee  his  annual
          salary, a prorated bonus and benefits  actually due Employee up to the
          actual date of death or expiration of the Agreement.

     b.   TOTAL DISABILITY.  For the purpose of this Agreement,  the term "total
          disability"  means Employee's  inability,  because of serious physical
          and/or mental injury,  illness or impairment,  certified by a licensed
          medical doctor and by whatever  supporting  documents are requested by
          the Company,  to perform his assigned duties for more than Ninety (90)
          consecutive  days; and the Company shall be obligated,  in that event,
          to pay  Employee  his annual  salary,  a prorated  bonus and  benefits
          actually due up to the date of disability.

     c.   EMPLOYEE  NOTICE.  At the  election of Employee  upon thirty (30) days
          written notice to Company and the Company shall only be obligated,  in
          that event, to pay Employee their normal compensation up to the actual
          date of termination and benefits  actually due Employee up to the date
          of termination. Upon receipt of such notice from Employee the Company,
          at its sole discretion,  may terminate this Agreement  immediately and
          pay Employee his annual salary, a prorated bonus and benefits actually
          due Employee up to such date of  termination  as hereby invoked by the
          Company.
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     d.   WITH CAUSE.  Employee's  employment may be terminated for cause at any
          time  upon  five (5) days  written  notice.  For the  purpose  of this
          Agreement "for cause" is defined to include, but not be limited to the
          following:  (i)  willful,  malicious  and  grossly  negligent  acts by
          Employee having the effect or causing significant harm to the business
          interests  of The  Company;  (ii) the  failure of  Employee  to devote
          reasonable  time,  energies  and  efforts  to the  performance  of his
          duties; (iii) the conviction of Employee of any felony crime involving
          an act of moral turpitude;  (iv) the violation of any specific written
          direction  of the  Board  of  Directors  relating  to  services  to be
          rendered  by him or the scope of his  duties as  contemplated  by this
          Agreement; (v) the commission by Employee of any other material breach
          of  this  Agreement,  and to the  extent  that  this  act is  curable,
          Employee  has not cured it within  five (5)  business  days  following
          receipt of notice of said  material  breach.  Any  notice to  Employee
          shall specify the facts and circumstances claimed to provide the basis
          for such  termination.  In the event of  termination of this Agreement
          under  this  section,  the  Company  shall  only be  obligated  to pay
          Employee his compensation, and benefits earned or due up to the actual
          date of termination.

     e.   DEFAULT.  Employee shall have the option to immediately terminate this
          agreement if the Company fails to comply with the terms and conditions
          of this  Agreement,  but  only  if  such  default  or  breach  of this
          Agreement is not caused,  directly or  indirectly,  by Employee in his
          managerial  and  fiduciary  capacity  under  this  Agreement,  whereby
          Employee's,   intentional  or  unintentional,  acts  have  caused  the
          Company, through lack of work or excess expenditures,  to be unable to
          meet its financial  obligations under this Agreement,  Upon failure of
          the Company to meet any of its  obligations  due  Employee  under this
          Agreement or there is any other material breach of this Agreement, and
          to the extent that it is curable,  Employee  shall give written notice
          to the Company and shall specify the facts and  circumstances  claimed
          to be as breach of this  Agreement.  The  Company  shall have five (5)
          business  days  following  receipt  of  such  written  notice  of said
          material  breach to cure such  breach.  If said breach is not cured by
          the Company  within such time period than it shall be deemed as if the
          Company has  terminated  this Agreement  "Without  Cause" and Employee
          shall be entitled to all amounts due hereunder as if the Agreement had
          not been terminated.

8.   AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE.  Employee  hereby agrees and  stipulates  that he
     shall not compete, in the cable construction business or any other business
     engaged in by the Company, the Company's parent corporation,  World's Fare,
     Inc.  or  any  of  its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates,  either  directly  or
     indirectly,  or compete in any other way with the business opportunities of
     any of these entities, for any period that he is receiving any compensation
     from the Company under this  Agreement and not less than one (1) years from
     the date of any  termination  of this Agreement as provided in Section 7 of
     this  Agreement,  without the express  written  permission  of the Company.
     Employee hereby further  acknowledges,  agrees and stipulates,  that he has
     received fair and adequate consideration, in the form of stock and or cash,
     in exchange for this Agreement.

9.   PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Employee shall treat as information proprietary to
     the Company any and all data and/or information discovered and/or disclosed
     and shall not, directly or indirectly, use any such information and/or data
     for his own benefit or disclose or fail to use its best  efforts to prevent
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     the disclosure of the same to any other person or entity for any purpose or
     reason  whatsoever,  during  the  term of  this  Agreement  or at any  time
     thereafter.

10.  PROPRIETARY  INFORMATION DEFINED.  Proprietary  information includes but is
     not  limited  to unique  concepts,  products,  services,  company/corporate
     strategy  and  business  development,  including  plans  relating  to  this
     acquisition,  expansion,  marketing,  financials,  client  lists  and other
     business  information,   operating  information,  policies,  practices  and
     processes,   database  and  networking  systems,  information  relating  to
     employees,  customers,  prospective  customers and suppliers,  whether such
     information is documented, contained electronically and/or contained on any
     other medium.

11.  REPRODUCTION OF PROPRIETARY  INFORMATION.  Employee stipulates that he will
     not, at any time, make any  reproduction,  copy,  abstract,  summary and/or
     precis of the whole or of any part of any Proprietary  Information  without
     the prior  express  written  consent  of the  Company,  in which  case said
     reproduction,  copy,  abstract,  summary  and/or  precis  shall  remain the
     property of the Company.

12.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Employee  stipulates  that  he  shall  keep  any  and all
     Proprietary Information obtained,  during the term of this Agreement or any
     time thereafter, in the strictest of confidence and secrecy.

13.  NON-DISCLOSURE.  Employee  stipulates that he shall not, during the term of
     this  Agreement  or  any  time  thereafter,  in any  way  or by any  means,
     disclose, disseminate and /or distribute any Proprietary Information to any
     third party without the prior express written consent of the Company.

14.  NON-CIRCUMVENTION.  Employee  stipulates that he shall not, during the term
     of this  Agreement  or any  time  thereafter,  in any  way or by any  means
     implement and /or use any  Proprietary  Information,  circumvent,  usurp an
     opportunity,  take advantage of and/or benefit from,  through the exclusion
     of the Company, any Proprietary Information obtained.

15.  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF.  The Employee  recognizes  and agrees that, a breach of
     this Agreement will cause  irreparable harm to the Company and no amount of
     monetary damages can adequately  compensate the Company for the injury that
     would be caused by said breach.  Accordingly,  Employee  hereby  stipulates
     that should the Company have a good faith  reason to believe that  Employee
     is  breaching  or taking  steps to breach any  material  provision  of this
     Agreement  then the Company  shall be entitled to immediate  issuance of an
     ex-parte temporary  restraining  order, by a Court,  enjoining the Employee
     from engaging in the opposed activities.

16.  WAIVER.  A Party's  failure to insist on compliance or  enforcement  of any
     provision of this Agreement shall not effect the validity or enforceability
     or constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that provision or any other
     provision of this Agreement by that Party or any other party.

17.  LAW,  JURISDICTION  AND VENUE.  This  Agreement  shall in all  respects  be
     exclusively subject to, and governed by, the laws of the state of Colorado.
     Exclusive venue and  jurisdiction  for any and all disputes shall lie in El
     Paso  County,  Colorado.  The  Parties  hereto  stipulate  that any dispute
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     arising out of this Agreement shall be submitted to binding  arbitration in
     Colorado pursuant to the arbitration rules and regulations,  as codified in
     the American Arbitration Association.

18.  VALIDITY.  The  invalidity  or  unenforceability  of any  provision in this
     Agreement shall not in any way effect the validity or enforceability of any
     other provision and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if
     such invalid or unenforceable provision had never been in this Agreement.

19.  NOTICE.  All notices and other  communications  provided  for or  permitted
     hereunder shall be made by hand - delivery, overnight courier, certified or
     registered  mail,  postage prepaid and return receipt  requested,  telex or
     facsimile transmission.

     If to the Company                           If to Employee
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     5930 Paonia Ct.,                            ______________________
     Colorado Springs, CO 80918                  ______________________
     Fax:  719-630-8261                          Fax:__________________

     All such notices shall be deemed to have been duly given:
     when delivered, by hand if personally delivered; and
     the next day, after being sent by overnight courier; and
     when received, if by mail; and
     when   received   (as   electronically   acknowledged),   if  by  facsimile
     transmission.

20.  AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended, at any time, only by the written
     mutual consent of the Parties hereto, with any such Amendment to be invalid
     unless it is both written and signed by both Parties.

21.  LEGAL FEES AND COSTS.  The Parties  hereby  stipulate and agree that in the
     event  that  a  dispute  arises  between  the  Parties,  relating  to  this
     Agreement,  and one or both of the  Parties  deem it  necessary  to hire an
     attorney  to protect  its rights  and/or  resolve  said  dispute,  then the
     prevailing Party, in any action,  shall be entitled to recover and collect,
     from the  non-prevailing  Party,  all reasonable  attorney's fees and costs
     incurred.

22.  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.   This  Agreement  contains  the  entire  agreement  and
     understanding by and between the Parties and no representations,  promises,
     agreements  and/or  understandings,  written  or  oral,  relating  to  this
     Agreement  by either  Party not  contained  herein shall be of any force or
     effect.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  The Company and Employee have duly executed this Agreement
this 29th day of July, 1998.

OPEC, Corp.                                Employee

/s/ Donald D. Canella                      /s/ Daniel J. Romano
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By: Donald D. Canella                      By: Daniel J. Romano
Its: PresidentFirst Amendment to Employment Agreement

This amendment shall change and amend that certain Employment  Agreement between
FutureOne,  Inc., a Nevada  corporation  and Bruce A. Robson,  dated January 11,
1999 and effective January 1, 1999.

1) The  parties  agree  that the  original  Section  1 shall be  deleted  in its
entirety and changed to read as follows, effective as of October 15, 1999:

1.   EMPLOYMENT  DUTIES.  The  Company  hereby  employs  Employee to perform the
     following duties as the Vice President of NeighborComm Development.

     a.   Manage the  development  of the  Company's  NeighborComm  products and
          services,  including the development and  implementation of equipment,
          facilities  and  software,  establish  plans to  promote  products  to
          developers   and  interface  with  real  estate   developers,   obtain
          regulatory  approvals  and  interface  with  regulatory  agencies  and
          communications and service providers,  prepare and implement marketing
          plans related to NeighborComm.

     b.   Carry out all of the  functions as a Vice  President as defined in the
          By-laws  of  the  Company  and  other  duties  as  established  by the
          President and Board of Directors.

2.   The parties  agree that the  original  Section 4a and b shall be deleted in
     there  entirety and changed to read as follows  ,effective as of January 1,
     2000:

     a.   "ANNUAL SALARY.  In  consideration  for the services to be rendered by
          Employee in his capacity hereunder, the Company agrees to pay Employee
          an initial  annual  salary of One  Hundred  Thousand & 00/100  dollars
          ($100,000.00).

     b.   "BONUS.  Employee  shall be eligible to receive a bonus which shall be
          determined at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors based upon
          Employees  performance in  accomplishing  objectives set forth for the
          implementation of NeighborComm.

          Such bonus,  if any,  shall be determined by September 30 of each year
          and shall be paid by December 31 each year."

3.   The  parties  agree  that the  following  shall  be  added to the  existing
     original Section 7d, effective as of January 1, 1999:

     a.   "If there is a substantial change in ownership or control and Employee
          is  thereafter  terminated,  without  cause,  within  120 days of such
          change, Employee shall be paid an additional severance amount equal to
          six  months  salary,  based  on  Employee's  salary  at  the  time  of
          termination."
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These are the only change to the Agreement and all other terms and conditions of
the original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Agreed this 4th day of January, 2000.

FutureOne, Inc.                               Employee

By
  ---------------------------------           ----------------------------------
  President

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