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                                                                 Exhibit 10.55

                           TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

     THIS TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, executed this 19th day of November,
1999, is among Advanced Communications Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation, and
its subsidiaries ("ACG"), and IONEX Telecommunications, Inc. f/k/a Compass
Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CTI").

                                      RECITALS

A.   ACG owns all the shares of Feist Long Distance Service, Inc., a Kansas
     corporation, FirsTel, Inc., a South Dakota corporation, Telecom Resources,
     Inc., a Texas corporation, and Valu-line of Longview, Inc., a Texas
     corporation (collectively, the "TELECOMMUNICATION SUBSIDIARIES").

B.   Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated July 13, 1999 (the "STOCK
     PURCHASE AGREEMENT") among CTI, ACG, and the Telecommunication
     Subsidiaries, ACG wishes to sell, and CTI wishes to buy, all the
     Telecommunication Subsidiary Shares owned by ACG.

C.   The parties have agreed that ACG will provide various transitional services
     directly to the Telecommunication Subsidiaries on an interim basis pursuant
     to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

                                     AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants,
agreements, and warranties herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

     1.   SERVICES.

          1.1  SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED.  In accordance with this Agreement, ACG
shall provide the following services (collectively, the "SERVICES") to the
Telecommunication Subsidiaries:

               (a)  Accounting services (including advice with respect to the
                    reporting of financial results in accordance with past
                    practice, and activity-based costing);

               (b)  Production of payroll services, and, if any, related
                    employee benefit plan administration, insurance claim
                    management and stock option related services; and

               (c)  Other ancillary services of and relating to those described
                    in (a) and (b) above.

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          1.2  IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICES.  ACG shall provide all personnel and
computer or other technical systems necessary to provide to the
Telecommunication Subsidiaries the Services in a manner consistent with the past
practices of the Telecommunication Subsidiaries with respect to such personnel,
computer or technical systems.

          1.3  COST.  In consideration of the performance by ACG of its
obligations under this Agreement, CTI shall pay the following upon the
completion of the term of this Agreement to ACG (collectively, the "COSTS"):

               (a)  All reasonable expenses (including travel and incidental
                    expenses) incurred by the personnel of ACG in the provision
                    of Services under this Agreement;

               (b)  Wages and the cost of benefits actually provided under the
                    plans described in Schedule 1.3(b) (attached hereto) during
                    the thirty (30) day term of this Agreement for Seller
                    personnel providing Services under this Agreement (pro
                    rated, if applicable, to reflect the amount of time less
                    than 100% actually spent on business matters directly
                    related to the Telecommunication Subsidiaries), and the
                    reasonable and customary travel expenses, if any, actually
                    incurred by such personnel in the course of providing
                    Services to the Telecommunication Subsidiaries supported by
                    documentation acceptable to CTI; (In the case of the
                    Advanced Communications Group Section 401(k) plan, the "cost
                    of benefits actually provided" during the thirty (30) day
                    term of the Agreement shall be the employee matching
                    contributions specifically attributable to the employee
                    elective deferrals made with respect to compensation earned
                    during such thirty (30) day period.); and;

               (c)  The actual cost of any equipment and supplies acquired by
                    ACG in connection with the provision of Services under this
                    Agreement.

          1.4  PAYMENT.  At the end of the Initial Term, and at the end of each
extension of the Initial Term, if any, ACG shall produce an invoice recording
the Costs in reasonable detail and deliver such invoice to CTI.  The amount due
as stated on the invoice shall be due thirty (30) days from the date of CTI's
receipt of such invoice.  Any proper invoices not paid on time shall bear
interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum until paid.

          1.5  BOOKS AND RECORDS.  ACG shall keep any and all comprehensive,
true and accurate records and accounts required by law of the provision of the
Services under this Agreement and shall provide copies of such records and
accounts if requested by CTI.

     2.   DELEGATION.  ACG may at any time or from time to time, upon written
notice to CTI, delegate some or all its duties to perform the Services
hereunder; provided, however, that ACG shall remain liable for performance of
this Agreement.

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     3.   WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

          3.1  QUALITY OF SERVICES.  In performance of the Services, ACG will
employ methods, procedures and utilities of a quality at least equal to those
employed when ACG performs similar services for their own business and affairs.

          3.2  NO OTHER WARRANTY.  ACG EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES IT SHALL PROVIDE TO CTI HEREUNDER, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF WORKSHIP, DESIGN,
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND INFRINGEMENT.

          3.3  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.  ACG shall not be liable to CTI by
reason of any error of omission or commission, performance or failure to perform
or delay in performing any Services under this Agreement, for any damages,
including, but not limited to, special, incidental or consequential damages
suffered by CTI beyond a refund to CTI of all charges paid by CTI for the
Services that caused such damages, unless such damages are caused by willful
breach or willful misconduct on the part of ACG.

          3.4  FORCE MAJEURE.  ACG shall not be liable to CTI for any claims,
damages, losses, or expenses arising out of the non-performance of any of ACG's
obligations under this Agreement if such claims, damages, losses, or expenses
are due to causes that are in whole or in part beyond the control of such party,
including, but not limited to, computer and associated equipment outages, acts
or omissions of any common carrier in the provision of regulated common carrier
services, telecommunications disruptions, outages, failures, downtime and/or
delays in processing information due to causes other than the negligence of ACG,
fire, explosion, earthquake, lightning, pest damage, power surges or failures,
water, acts of God, the elements, civil disturbances, acts of civil or military
authorities or of the public enemy, strikes, or labor disputes.

     4.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

          4.1  "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" DEFINED.  For purposes hereof,
"Confidential Information" means any and all information of CTI that might
reasonably be considered confidential, secret, sensitive, proprietary or
private.  To the extent practicable, Confidential Information shall be marked
"proprietary" or "confidential."  Confidential Information shall include the
following:

               (a)  Data, know-how, formulae, processes, designs, sketches,
                    photographs, plans, drawings, specifications, samples,
                    reports, lists, financial information, studies, findings,
                    inventions and ideas, or proprietary information relating to
                    either party or the methods or techniques used by either
                    party;

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               (b)  Data, documents, or proprietary information employed in
                    connection with the marketing and implementation of each
                    party's products, including cost information, business
                    policies procedures, revenues and markets, distributor and
                    customer lists, and similar items of information; and

               (c)  Any other data or information obtained by either party
                    during the term of this Agreement which is not generally
                    known to and not readily ascertainable by proper means by
                    third persons who could obtain economic value from its use
                    or disclosure.

          4.2  NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

               (a)  ACG shall treat as confidential all Confidential Information
                    that comes into ACG's knowledge through its provision of
                    Services to CTI under this Agreement.  ACG shall take any
                    reasonable steps necessary to prevent disclosure of any
                    Confidential Information to any third person as it would
                    take in protecting its own proprietary or confidential
                    information and shall not use any portion of the
                    Confidential Information for any purpose not authorized
                    herein.

               (b)  No person receiving Confidential Information shall be under
                    any obligation imposed by this Section with respect to any
                    Confidential Information (i) which is, at the time of
                    disclosure, available to the general public, (ii) which
                    becomes at a later date available to the general public
                    through no fault on its part and then only after said later
                    date, (iii) which it can demonstrate was in its possession
                    before receipt from the discloser, (iv) which is disclosed
                    to it without restriction on disclosure by a third party who
                    has the lawful right to disclose such information, or (v)
                    after fifteen years from the date of disclosure.

     5.   STATUS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.  ACG is, and shall remain at all
times, an independent contractor of CTI in the performance of all Services
hereunder, and all persons employed by ACG to perform such Services shall be and
remain employees solely of ACG by which they are employed and subject only to
ACG's respective supervisory personnel.

     6.   INDEMNIFICATION. CTI shall indemnify and hold harmless ACG, its
employees, its subsidiaries, and its subsidiaries' employees from and against
all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
arising from ACG's provision of the Services to CTI in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, CTI shall have no obligation
to indemnify ACG against any claims, damages, losses, or expenses, in connection
with the Services provided arising from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of ACG, its employees, its subsidiaries, or its subsidiaries'
employees or for any other liability, loss, or damage ACG might suffer as a
result of ACG's breach of this Agreement.

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     7.   TERM.

          7.1  TERM GENERALLY.  This Agreement shall commence on the Closing
Date and shall continue for thirty (30) days, (the "Initial Term"), unless
extended for up to two additional 30-day periods by mutual consent of CTI and
ACG, which consent of either party shall not be unreasonably withheld.

          7.2  AUTOMATIC TERMINATION FOR BREACH.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing provision, this Agreement may be terminated (a) by the
non-breaching party upon the material breach by ACG or Newco of this
Agreement or (b) by the non-breaching party upon the material breach by ACG
or the Buyer of the Stock Purchase Agreement, provided that the non-breaching
party has provided the breaching party ten (10) days' prior written notice of
the breach and the non-breaching party's intention to terminate this
Agreement and the breaching party has failed to cure such breach within such
period.

          7.3  SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.  Articles 3, 4, and 6 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

     8.   MISCELLANEOUS.

          8.1  AMENDMENT.  This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented but only in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

          8.2  NOTICES.  Any notice, request, instruction or other document to
be given hereunder by a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given (a) when received if given in person or by courier or a courier
service, (b) on the date of transmission if sent by telex, facsimile or other
wire transmission or (c) six (6) Business Days after being deposited in the U.S.
mail, certified or registered mail, postage prepaid:

          (a)  If to ACG, addressed as follows:

               Advanced Communications Group, Inc.
               Mr. Michael A. Pruss
               390 South Woods Mill Road
               Chesterfield, MO 63017
               Facsimile No.:  (314) 205-8141

          with a copy to:

               Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP
               720 Olive Street, 24th Floor
               St. Louis, MO 63101
               Attn:  Matthew W. Geekie
               Facsimile No.:  (314) 345-6060

          (b)  If to CTI, addressed as follows:

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               Compass Telecommunication, Inc.
               8548 Colonial Drive
               Littleton, Colorado 80124
               Attention:  Rick L. Weller
               Facsimile No.:  (303) 662-8574

          with a copy to:

               Mayer, Brown & Platt
               190 S. LaSalle St.
               Chicago, IL  60603
               Attention:  John R. Sagan
               Facsimile No.:  (312) 701-7711

or to such other individual or address as a party hereto may designate for
itself by notice given as herein provided.

          8.3  WAIVER.  The failure of a party hereto at any time or times to
require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect its right
at a later time to enforce the same.  No waiver by a party of any condition or
of any breach of any term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in
this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing, and no waiver in any one or
more instances shall be deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of any such
condition or breach in other instances or a waiver of any other condition or
breach of any other term, covenant, representation or warranty.

          8.4  DEFINITIONS.  Capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise
defined, shall have the meaning ascribed them in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

          8.4  COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

          8.5  INTERPRETATION.  The headings preceding the text of Articles and
Sections included in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be
deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this
Agreement.  The use of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender herein shall not
limit any provision of this Agreement.  The use of the terms "including" or
"include" shall in all cases herein mean "including, without limitation" or
"include, without limitation," respectively.

          8.6  APPLICABLE LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

          8.7  NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.  This Agreement is solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto and, to the extent provided herein, their
respective successors, affiliates, directors,

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officers, employees, agents and representatives, and no provision of this
Agreement shall be deemed to confer upon other third parties any remedy,
claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right.

          8.8  ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING.  This Agreement set forth the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and supersede any and all
prior agreements, arrangements and understandings among the parties.

          8.9  JURISDICTION OF DISPUTES; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  In the event
either party to this Agreement commences any litigation, proceeding or other
legal action in connection with or relating to this Agreement or any matters
described or contemplated herein or therein, with respect to any of the matters
described or contemplated herein or therein, the parties to this Agreement
hereby (a) agree under all circumstances absolutely and irrevocably to institute
any litigation, proceeding or other legal action in a court of competent
jurisdiction located within the City of Dallas, Texas, whether a state or
federal court, (b) agree that in the event of any such litigation, proceeding or
action, such parties will consent and submit to personal jurisdiction in any
such court described in clause (a) of this Section and to service of process
upon them in accordance with the rules and statutes governing service of process
(it being understood that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prevent any
party from seeking to remove any action to a federal court in Dallas, Texas, (c)
agree to waive to the full extent permitted by law any objection that they may
now or hereafter have to the venue of any such litigation, proceeding or action
in any such court or that any such litigation, proceeding or action was brought
in an inconvenient forum, (d) designate, appoint and direct CT Corporation
System as its authorized agent to receive on its behalf service of any and all
process and documents in any legal proceeding in the State of Texas, (e) agree
to notify the other parties to this Agreement immediately if such agent shall
refuse to act, or be prevented from acting, as agent and, in such event,
promptly to designate another agent in the City of Dallas, Texas, satisfactory
to ACG and CTI, to serve in place of such agent and deliver to the other parties
written evidence of such substitute agent's acceptance of such designation; (f)
agree as an alternative method of service to service of process in any legal
proceeding by mailing of copies thereof to such party at its address set forth
here in for communications to such party; (g) agree that any service made as
provided herein shall be effective and binding service in every respect; and (h)
agree that nothing herein shall affect the rights of any party to effect service
of process in any other manner permitted by Law.

EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY
MATTERS DESCRIBED OR CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, AND AGREE TO TAKE ANY AND
ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ Richard A. O'Neal

Name: /s/ Richard A. O'Neal

Title: CEO Chairman and Acting
       Chief Executive Officer

IONEX TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

By: /s/ R.C. Mark Baker

Name: R.C. Mark Baker

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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               SCHEDULE 1.3(b) TO THE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

1.   Advanced Communications Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.

2.   Advanced Communications Group, Inc. See SCHEDULE 3.17 of the Stock Purchase
     Agreement.

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                                                                 Exhibit 10.56

                              ADVERTISING AGREEMENT

         THIS ADVERTISING AGREEMENT, executed as of this 19th day of November,
1999, is among Advanced Communications Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("ACG"), and Ionex Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Ionex").

                                    RECITAL

         A. ACG owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of
Feist Long Distance Service, Inc., a Kansas corporation, Firstel, Inc., a South
Dakota corporation, Telecom Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Value-line
of Longview, Inc., a Texas corporation (collectively, the "CLECs").

         B. Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of July 14, 1999 and
the First Amendment to the Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith, (the
"Stock Purchase Agreement") among Compass Telecommunications, Inc. (now known as
Ionex Telecommunications, Inc.), ACG and the CLECs, ACG wishes to sell, and
Ionex wishes to buy, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of
the CLECs owned by ACG.

         C. ACG owns all the issued and outstanding shares of Great Western
Directories, Inc., a Texas corporation ("GWD"), and owns and operates the
website known as WorldPages.com ("WorldPages").

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants, agreements and warranties herein contained, the parties agree as
follows:

         1.       ADVERTISEMENTS.

                  1.1 INTERNET ADVERTISEMENTS. For the term of this Agreement,
ACG shall cause GWD and/or WorldPages to maintain in its Internet directory a
prominent banner advertisement (hereinafter referred to as the "Web Ad")
containing information to be furnished periodically by Ionex. GWD will maintain
the banner advertisement at no charge to Ionex. Ionex may obtain from GWD and/or
WorldPages, at market rates to be agreed upon by ACG and Ionex, market by market
or product by product customization of such information.

                  The Web Ad shall contain a hypertext link to the Ionex web
site. The Web Ad shall appear in all 3,000 directories (in a prominent place,
i.e., in the top center) in each of six product/service categories which shall
be selected by Ionex. In addition to the six product/service categories
referenced in the preceding sentence, at Ionex's request, and expense, either
GWD or WorldPages shall cause the Web Ad to appear in additional product/service
categories at a the cost of $6,000 per additional product/service category.

                  1.2 YELLOW PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS. For the term of this
Agreement and at no cost to Ionex, GWD shall publish (a) one full tabbed page
(consisting of the back side of the tab)

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and the facing page as furnished by Ionex and (b) box advertising which is at
least equal to the largest advertisement in the category (and, in any event,
no smaller than 2QC) as furnished by Ionex in each of six product/service
categories to be selected by Ionex (the pages referenced in (a) and (b) above
being together, the "Advertising Pages"). If requested, GWD shall provide
additional pages at a reasonable cost to Ionex. The forward text or tabbed
information portion of the Advertising Pages shall appear before the
"telephone companies" portion of the yellow pages text of the telephone
directories.

                  1.3 GWD ADVERTISING TERRITORY. GWD shall publish the
Advertising Pages in each market where, as of the date hereof, (a) GWD or
WorldPages distributes print directories and (b) and any of the CLECs have
customers (the "Territory"). The Territory may be expanded by mutual agreement
of the parties hereto.

                  1.4 CONTENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS. The Web Ad and the Advertising
Pages shall contain information describing Ionex's and its subsidiaries'
communications services, including, but not limited to, long distance telephone
services, local telephone services, Internet access services, conference calling
services, fax services and cellular telephone services available to prospective
Ionex customers, as well as information on how to use and order such services.
Ionex must obtain ACG's approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
denied by ACG, of all content to be placed in the Web Ad and on the Advertising
Pages.

         2.       LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

                  2.1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY GENERALLY. IN NO EVENT SHALL ACG
OR GWD BE LIABLE TO IONEX, ANY READER OF THE ADVERTISING PAGES, OR ANY END-USER
OF THE WEB AD FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA (IN THE CASE
OF THE WEB AD), INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER SIMILAR
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE FAILURE OF ACG OR GWD TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT.

                  2.2 NO WARRANTY. NEITHER ACG NOR GWD MAKE ANY WARRANTIES
HEREUNDER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). NEITHER ACG NOR GWD REPRESENT OR WARRANT
THAT THE CONTENT OF THE ADVERTISING PAGES AND THE WEB AD WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR
UNINTERRUPTED, AND IONEX UNDERSTANDS AND ACKNOWLEDGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB
AD THAT FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES OR FOR OTHER CAUSE, WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR
ACCIDENTAL, THE WEBSITE AND DATABASE MAINTAINED BY GWD MAY BE INACCESSIBLE OR
UNUSABLE FROM TIME TO TIME.

                  2.3 ERRORS IN ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT. In the event that Ionex's
information in the Web Ad or on the Advertising Pages contains errors or
omissions, GWD will take such reasonable steps to correct such errors or
omissions upon receipt of written notice from Ionex.

                  2.4 FORCE MAJEURE. Neither ACG nor GWD shall be liable to
Ionex for any claims, damages, losses or expenses arising out of the
non-performance of any of either ACG's

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or GWD's obligations under this Agreement if such claims, damages, losses or
expenses are due to computer and associated equipment outages, acts or
omissions of any common carrier in the provision of regulated common carrier
services, telecommunications disruptions, outages, failures, downtime and/or
delays in processing information due to causes other than the negligence of
ACG or GWD, fire, explosion, earthquake, lightning, pest damage, power surges
or failures, water, acts of God, the elements, civil disturbances, acts of
civil or military authorities or of the public enemy, strikes or labor
disputes.

         3. INDEMNIFICATION. IONEX SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ACG AND
GWD, THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES' EMPLOYEES FROM
AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE
ATTORNEYS' FEES) ARISING FROM THE CONTENT OF OR OUT OF THE USE OF THE
ADVERTISING PAGES OR THE WEB AD. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, HOWEVER, IONEX
SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY EITHER ACG OR GWD AGAINST ANY CLAIMS,
DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADVERTISING PAGES OR THE WEB
AD ARISING FROM, AND TO THE EXTENT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT
OF EITHER ACG OR GWD, THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR
SUBSIDIARIES' EMPLOYEES OR FOR ANY OTHER LIABILITY, LOSS OR DAMAGE ACG OR GWD
MIGHT SUFFER AS A RESULT OF ACG'S OR GWD'S BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT.

         4.       TERM.

                  4.1 TERM. This Agreement shall commence on the Closing Date
(as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement), and shall continue (a)
regarding the Web Ad, for five (5) years, and (b) regarding the Advertising
Pages, until the date of publication and distribution of the fifth annual
edition from the Closing Date of every telephone directory containing the
Advertising Pages published by GWD in the Territory.

                  4.2 TERMINATION FOR BREACH. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provision, this Agreement may be terminated by the non-breaching party upon the
material breach by ACG or Ionex of this Agreement, provided that the
non-breaching party has provided the breaching party fifteen (15) days' prior
written notice of the non-breaching party's intention to terminate this
Agreement and the breaching party has failed to cure such breach within such
period. The termination of this Agreement by a party by reason of a material
breach by the other party shall not relieve such other party of any of its
obligations accrued under this Agreement before the effective date of such
termination or of any liability for breach of this Agreement.

                  4.3 SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. SECTIONS 3 and 4 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

         5.       MISCELLANEOUS.

                  5.1 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented, but only in writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

                  5.2 NOTICES. Any notice, request, instruction or other
document to be given hereunder by a party hereto shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been given (a) when received if given in person or by courier
or a courier service, (b) on the date of transmission if

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sent by telex, facsimile or other wire transmission or (c) six (6) business
days after being deposited in the U.S. mail, certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid:

                           (a)      If to ACG, addressed as follows:

                                    Advanced Communications Group, Inc.
                                    Mr. Michael A. Pruss
                                    390 South Woods Mill Road
                                    Chesterfield, MO 63017
                                    Facsimile No.: (314) 205-8141

                           with a copy to:

                                    Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP
                                    720 Olive Street, 24th Floor
                                    St. Louis, MO 63 101
                                    Attention: Matthew W. Geekie
                                    Facsimile No.: (314) 345-6060

                           (b)      If to Ionex, addressed as follows:

                                    Ionex Telecommunications, Inc.
                                    1950 Stemmons Freeway
                                    Suite 4033
                                    Dallas, TX 75207
                                    Attention: Rick L. Weller
                                    Facsimile No.: (214) 760-9705

                           with a copy to:

                                    Mayer, Brown & Platt
                                    190 South LaSalle Street
                                    Chicago, IL 60603
                                    Attention: John R. Sagan
                                    Facsimile No.: (312) 701-7711

or to such other individual or address as a party hereto may designate for
itself by notice given as herein provided.

                  5.3 WAIVER. The failure of a party hereto at any time or
times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner
affect its right at a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party of
any condition or of any breach of any term, covenant, representation or
warranty contained in this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing,
and no waiver in any one or more instances shall be deemed to be a further or
continuing waiver of any such condition or breach in other instances or a
waiver of any other condition or breach of any other term, covenant,
representation or warranty.

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                  5.4 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original,
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                  5.5 INTERPRETATION. The headings preceding the text of the
Sections included in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be
deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this
Agreement. The use of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender herein shall not
limit any provision of this Agreement. The use of the terms "including" or
"include" shall be in all cases herein mean "including, without limitation" or
"include, without limitation," respectively.

                  5.6 APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof

                  5.7 ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no assignment of any rights or
obligations shall be made by any party hereto without the written consent of the
other party hereto, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or denied.

                  5.8 NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is solely for
the benefit of the parties hereto and, to the extent provided herein, their
respective successors, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and
representatives, and no provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to confer
upon other third parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of
action or other right.

                  5.9 ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING. This Agreement set forth the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and supersedes any and all
prior agreements, arrangements and understandings among the parties.

                  5.10 JURISDICTION OF DISPUTES: WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. In the
event either party to this Agreement commences any litigation, proceeding or
other legal action in connection with or relating to this Agreement or any
matters described or contemplated herein, with respect to any matters described
or contemplated herein, the parties to this Agreement hereby (a) agree under all
circumstances absolutely and irrevocably to institute any litigation, proceeding
or other legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction located within the
city of Dallas, Texas, whether a state or federal court, (b) agree that in the
event of any such litigation, proceeding or action, such parties will consent
and submit to personal jurisdiction in any such court described in clause (a) of
this Section and to service of process upon them in accordance with the rules
and statutes governing service of process (it being understood that nothing in
this Section shall be deemed to prevent any party from seeking to remove any
action to a federal court in Dallas, Texas), (c) agree to waive to the full
extent permitted by law any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such litigation, proceeding or action in any such court or that any
such litigation, proceeding or action was brought in an inconvenient forum, (d)
designate, appoint and direct CT Corporation System as its authorized agent to
receive on its behalf service of any and all process and documents in any legal
proceeding in the State of Texas, (e) agree to notify the

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other party to this Agreement immediately if such agent shall refuse to act,
or be prevented from acting, as agent and, in such event, promptly to
designate another agent in the City of Dallas, Texas, satisfactory to ACG and
Ionex, to serve in place of such agent and deliver to the other party written
evidence of such substitute agent's acceptance of such designation; (f) agree
as an alternative method of service to service of process in any legal
proceeding by mailing of copies thereof to such party at its address set
forth herein for communications to such party, (g) agree that any service
made as provided herein shall be effective and binding service in every
respect; and (h) agree that nothing herein shall affect the rights of any
party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by Law.

EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTERS DESCRIBED OR
CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, AND AGREE TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR
APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                   ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Richard A. O'Neal

                                   Name:   Richard A. O'Neal

                                   Title: Chairman and Acting
                                          Chief Executive Officer

                                   IONEX TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                   By: /s/ R.C. Mark Baker

                                   Name: R.C. Mark Baker

                                   Title: Chief Executive Officer

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