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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

[INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LOGO]

December 1, 1999

Robert M. Manning
3625 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619

Dear Rob:

This letter will amend the compensation terms of your employment by the Company
as follows:

If your employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for any reason
other than for cause (described below), the Company will continue to pay your
base salary as in effect at the time of termination through the later of March
31, 2001 or one year following the date of termination, payable (i) for the
first six months following such termination on the same dates it would have
been paid had your employment continued through such later date, with the
remainder paid in a lump sum at the conclusion of the initial six months, or
(ii) if your termination occurred following the occurrence of a Change of
Control (defined below), in a lump sum promptly following such termination.
Your entitlement to receive payments pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding
sentence shall terminate and cease to be of any force or effect in the event
you, directly or indirectly (whether by an entity of which you own greater than
10% of the outstanding equity interest or by which you are employed in a senior
executive capacity) or otherwise knowingly hire within six months following
your date of termination any employee of the Company who was employed by the
Company or its subsidiaries on the date of your termination.

Cause means (i) any conduct or behavior by you that would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse affect on the Company's business or
reputation, (ii) commission by you of an act involving moral turpitude or
dishonesty, including fraud, (iii) your material failure to reasonably perform
your duties for the Company, or (iv) your willful failure to perform or abide
by any lawful directions or instructions of the Company consistent with your
capacity as a senior executive of the Company.

In addition, and without limitation of any payments to be made to you pursuant
to the preceding paragraph, upon occurrence of a Change of Control of the
Company, the Company shall pay to you, in a lump sum promptly following the
occurrence of such a Change of Control, an amount equal to two multiplied by
the sum of your base salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of
such Change of Control, plus two multiplied by the amount of the target bonus
applicable to the position held by you immediately prior to the occurrence of
such Change of Control for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Change
of Control occurs.
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For purposes of the preceding sentence, "Change of Control" means the sale,
exchange or transfer of common stock of the Company, whether in one transaction
or a series of related transactions occurring in one year, which results in an
accumulation of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock (on a
fully diluted basis) in one holder or several affiliated holders (or any such
transaction(s) occurring within six months that results in an accumulation of at
least 35% of such shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis).
Notwithstanding anything in this letter to the contrary, if it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to you or for your
benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the
terms of this letter or otherwise) (a "Payment") would constitute an "excess
parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 49999 of the internal revenue
code, then the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced (in a manner
elected by you, or the Company if you fail to make such an election) to the
greatest amount that could be paid to you so that no portion thereof shall be
subject to the excise taxes imposed by Section 4999 of the internal revenue
code.

Expected as amended hereby, the terms of your original offer letter continue in
full force and effect. If the foregoing is acceptable to you, please sign in the
space provided below and return to me one fully executed copy of this letter.
Nothing in this letter will be deemed to affect the at-will status of your
continued employment by Intermedia.

                                             Intermedia Communications Inc.

                                             /s/ David C. Ruberg
                                             ------------------------------
                                             David C. Ruberg
                                             President and CEO

Agreement with terms
of letter confirmed:

/s/ Robert M. Manning
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Robert M. Manning<PAGE>   1
                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

[INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LOGO]

December 1, 1999

Richard J. Buyens
3625 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619

Dear Rick:

This letter will amend the compensation terms of your employment by the Company
as follows:

If your employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for any reason
other than for cause (described below), the Company will continue to pay your
base salary as in effect at the time of termination through the later of March
31, 2001 or one year following the date of termination, payable (i) for the
first six months following such termination on the same dates it would have
been paid had your employment continued through such later date, with the
remainder paid in a lump sum at the conclusion of the initial six months, or
(ii) if your termination occurred following the occurrence of a Change of
Control (defined below), in a lump sum promptly following such termination.
Your entitlement to receive payments pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding
sentence shall terminate and cease to be of any force or effect in the event
you, directly or indirectly (whether by an entity of which you own greater than
10% of the outstanding equity interest or by which you are employed in a senior
executive capacity) or otherwise knowingly hire within six months following
your date of termination any employee of the Company who was employed by the
Company or its subsidiaries on the date of your termination.

Cause means (i) any conduct or behavior by you that would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse affect on the Company's business or
reputation, (ii) commission by you of an act involving moral turpitude or
dishonesty, including fraud, (iii) your material failure to reasonably perform
your duties for the Company, or (iv) your willful failure to perform or abide
by any lawful directions or instructions of the Company consistent with your
capacity as a senior executive of the Company.

In addition, and without limitation of any payments to be made to you pursuant
to the preceding paragraph, upon occurrence of a Change of Control of the
Company, the Company shall pay to you, in a lump sum promptly following the
occurrence of such a Change of Control, an amount equal to two multiplied by
the sum of your base salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of
such Change of Control, plus two multiplied by the amount of the target bonus
applicable to the position held by you immediately prior to the occurrence of
such Change of Control for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Change
of Control occurs.
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For purposes of the preceding sentence, "Change of Control" means the sale,
exchange or transfer of common stock of the Company, whether in one transaction
or a series of related transactions occurring in one year, which results in an
accumulation of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock (on a
fully diluted basis) in one holder or several affiliated holders (or any such
transaction(s) occurring within six months that results in an accumulation of
at least 35% of such shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis).
Notwithstanding anything in this letter to the contrary, if it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to you or for your
benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to
the terms of this letter or otherwise) (a "Payment") would constitute an
"excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 49999 of the internal
revenue code, then the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced (in a
manner elected by you, or the Company if you fail to make such an election) to
the greatest amount that could be paid to you so that no portion thereof shall
be subject to the excise taxes imposed by Section 4999 of the internal revenue
code.

Expected as amended hereby, the terms of your original offer letter continue in
full force and effect. If the foregoing is acceptable to you, please sign in the
space provided below and return to me one fully executed copy of this letter.
Nothing in this letter will be deemed to affect the at-will status of your
continued employment by Intermedia.

                                             Intermedia Communications Inc.

                                             /s/ David C. Ruberg
                                             ------------------------------
                                             David C. Ruberg
                                             President and CEO

Agreement with terms
of letter confirmed:

/s/ Richard J. Buyens
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Richard J. Buyens<PAGE>   1
                                                                   Exhibit 10.12

                         REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT 1 *

                                      among

                         INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
         Borrower

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                              Administrative Agent

                         BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
                       Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager

                           BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
                                Syndication Agent

                                       and

                         TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.,
                              Documentation Agent,

                       The Arranging Agents defined herein

                                       and

                            THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
                                     Lenders

                                  $100,000,000

                          DATED AS OF DECEMBER 22, 1999

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*CONFORMED TO REFLECT SIGNATURES.

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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<S>      <C>      <C>                                                      <C>
SECTION 1         DEFINITIONS AND TERMS                                      1
         1.1      Definitions                                                1
         1.2      Number and Gender of Words; Other References              20
         1.3      Accounting Principles                                     20

SECTION 2         BORROWING PROVISIONS                                      20
         2.1      Revolver Facility                                         20
         2.2      Telecommunications Facility                               20
         2.3      Optional Receivables Facility                             21
         2.4      Termination of Commitments                                22
         2.5      Borrowing Procedure                                       24

SECTION 3         TERMS OF PAYMENT                                          25
         3.1      Notes and Payments                                        25
         3.2      Interest and Principal Payments                           25
         3.3      Interest Options                                          26
         3.4      Quotation of Rates                                        26
         3.5      Default Rate                                              26
         3.6      Interest Recapture                                        26
         3.7      Interest Calculations                                     27
         3.8      Maximum Rate                                              27
         3.9      Interest Periods                                          27
         3.10     Conversions                                               27
         3.11     Order of Application                                      28
         3.12     Sharing of Payments, Etc.                                 28
         3.13     Offset                                                    29
         3.14     Booking Borrowings                                        29

SECTION 4         CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES                                   29
         4.1      Increased Cost and Reduced Return                         29
         4.2      Limitation on Types of Loans                              30
         4.3      Illegality                                                30
         4.4      Treatment of Affected Loans                               31
         4.5      Compensation                                              31
         4.6      Taxes                                                     31

SECTION 5         FEES                                                      33
         5.1      Treatment of Fees                                         33
         5.2      Fees of Administrative Agent and Arranging Agents         33
         5.3      Revolver Facility Commitment Fees                         33

SECTION 6.        SECURITY; GUARANTIES                                      34
         6.1      Collateral                                                34
         6.2      Guaranties                                                34
         6.3      Future Liens                                              35
         6.4      Release of Collateral                                     35
         6.5      Negative Pledge                                           35
         6.6      Control; Limitation of Rights                             36
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<S>      <C>      <C>                                                       <C>
SECTION 7         CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                                      36
         7.1      Conditions Precedent to Closing                           36
         7.2      Conditions Precedent to a Permitted Acquisition           36
         7.3      Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing                    36

SECTION 8         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES                            37
         8.1      Purpose of Credit Facility37
         8.2      Existence, Good Standing, Authority, and Authorizations   37
         8.3      Subsidiaries; Capital Stock                               38
         8.4      Authorization and Contravention                           38
         8.5      Binding Effect                                            38
         8.6      Financial Statements                                      38
         8.7      Litigation, Claims, Investigations                        39
         8.8      Taxes                                                     39
         8.9      Environmental Matters                                     39
         8.10     Employee Benefit Plans                                    39
         8.11     Properties; Liens                                         40
         8.12     Government Regulations                                    40
         8.13     Transactions with Affiliates                              40
         8.14     Debt                                                      40
         8.15     Material Agreements                                       40
         8.16     Insurance                                                 40
         8.17     Labor Matters                                             40
         8.18     Solvency                                                  40
         8.19     Intellectual Property                                     41
         8.20     Compliance with Laws                                      41
         8.21     Permitted Acquisitions                                    41
         8.22     Regulation U                                              41
         8.23     Trade Name                                                41
         8.24     Year 2000 Compliance                                      41
         8.25     No Default                                                42
         8.26     Full Disclosure                                           42

SECTION 9         COVENANTS                                                 42
         9.1      Use of Proceeds                                           42
         9.2      Books and Records                                         42
         9.3      Items to be Furnished                                     42
         9.4      Inspections                                               44
         9.5      Taxes                                                     44
         9.6      Payment of Obligations                                    44
         9.7      Maintenance of Existence, Assets, and Business            45
         9.8      Insurance                                                 45
         9.9      Preservation and Protection of Rights                     46
         9.10     Employee Benefit Plans                                    46
         9.11     Environmental Laws                                        46
         9.12     Debt and Guaranties                                       46
         9.13     Liens                                                     48
         9.14     Loans, Advances, and Investments                          49
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<S>      <C>      <C>                                                       <C>
         9.15     Distributions                                             50
         9.16     Sale of Assets                                            50
         9.17     Sale-Leaseback Financings                                 51
         9.18     Mergers and Dissolutions; Sale of Capital Stock           51
         9.19     Restrictions on Subsidiaries                              51
         9.20     Compliance with Laws and Documents                        51
         9.21     Government Regulations                                    51
         9.22     Transactions with Affiliates                              52
         9.23     New Business                                              52
         9.24     Permitted Acquisitions, Subsidiary Guaranties, and
                    Collateral Documents                                    52
         9.25     Fiscal Year and Accounting Methods                        52
         9.26     Financial Hedges                                          52
         9.27     Assignment                                                53
         9.28     Affiliate Subordination Agreements                        53
         9.29     Year 2000                                                 53
         9.30     Amendments to Documents                                   53
         9.31     Management Fees                                           53
         9.32     Financial Covenants                                       53
         9.33     Regulatory Matters; License Company                       56

SECTION 10        DEFAULT                                                   56
         10.1     Payment of Obligation                                     56
         10.2     Covenants                                                 56
         10.3     Debtor Relief                                             56
         10.4     Judgments and Attachments                                 57
         10.5     Government Action                                         57
         10.6     Misrepresentation                                         57
         10.7     Change of Control                                         57
         10.8     Authorizations                                            57
         10.9     Default Under Other Debt and Agreements                   57
         10.10    Validity and Enforceability of Loan Documents             58
         10.11    Material Adverse Effect                                   58
         10.12    Environmental Liability                                   58
         10.13    Employee Benefit Plans                                    58
         10.14    Pledged Stock                                             58
         10.15    Dissolution                                               58
         10.16    Payment of Certain Other Agreements                       58
         10.17    Default or Acceleration under Certain Other Agreements    59
         10.18    Redemption of Certain Other Debt or Obligation            59

SECTION 11        RIGHTS AND REMEDIES                                       59
         11.1     Remedies Upon Default                                     59
         11.2     Company Waivers                                           59
         11.3     Performance by Administrative Agent                       60
         11.4     Delegation of Duties and Rights                           60
         11.5     Not in Control                                            60
         11.6     Course of Dealing                                         60
         11.7     Cumulative Rights                                         60
         11.8     Application of Proceeds                                   60
         11.9     Certain Proceedings                                       61
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<S>      <C>      <C>                                                       <C>
         11.10    Limitation of Rights                                      61
         11.11    Expenditures by Lenders                                   61
         11.12    Indemnification                                           61

SECTION 12        AGREEMENT AMONG LENDERS                                   62
         12.1     Administrative Agent                                      62
         12.2     Expenses                                                  63
         12.3     Proportionate Absorption of Losses                        63
         12.4     Delegation of Duties; Reliance                            63
         12.5     Limitation of Liability                                   64
         12.6     Default; Collateral                                       65
         12.7     Limitation of Liability                                   66
         12.8     Relationship of Lenders                                   66
         12.9     Benefits of Agreement                                     66
         12.10    Agents                                                    66
         12.11    Obligations Several                                       67
         12.12    Financial Hedges                                          67

SECTION 13        MISCELLANEOUS                                             67
         13.1     Headings                                                  67
         13.2     Nonbusiness Days                                          67
         13.3     Communications                                            67
         13.4     Form and Number of Documents                              68
         13.5     Exceptions to Covenants                                   68
         13.6     Survival                                                  68
         13.7     Governing Law                                             68
         13.8     Invalid Provisions                                        68
         13.9     Entirety                                                  68
         13.10    Jurisdiction; Venue; Service of Process; Jury Trial       68
         13.11    Amendments, Consents, Conflicts, and Waivers              69
         13.12    Multiple Counterparts                                     70
         13.13    Successors and Assigns; Assignments and Participations    70
         13.14    Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in
                    Certain Circumstances                                   72
         13.15    Confidentiality                                           72
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                             SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

<TABLE>

<S>                                 <C>     <C>
Schedule 1                          -       Special Regulatory Approval Jurisdictions
Schedule 2.1                        -       Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 7.1                        -       Conditions Precedent to Closing
Schedule 7.1(a)                     -       Post-Closing Conditions
Schedule 7.2                        -       Conditions Precedent to Permitted Acquisitions
Schedule 8.2                        -       FCC and PUC Licenses
Schedule 8.3                        -       Capital Stock and Partnership Interests
Schedule 8.15                       -       Material Agreements
Schedule 8.23                       -       Trade Names
Schedule 9.12                       -       Existing Debt
Schedule 9.13                       -       Existing Liens
Schedule 9.14                       -       Loans, Advances, and Investments
Schedule 9.33                       -       Transfer Approval Jurisdictions

Exhibit A-1                         -       Form of Revolver Note
Exhibit A-2                         -       Form of Telecommunications Note
Exhibit A-3                         -       Form of Receivables Note
Exhibit B-1                         -       Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit B-2                         -       Form of Notice of Conversion
Exhibit C                           -       Form of Guaranty
Exhibit D-1                         -       Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit E-1                         -       Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E-2                         -       Form of Permitted Acquisition Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E-3                         -       Form of Permitted Acquisition Loan Closing Certificate
Exhibit F                           -       Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
Exhibit G-1                         -       Form of Opinion of Counsel of Borrower
Exhibit G-2                         -       Form of Opinion of Special Regulatory Counsel
Exhibit G-3                         -       Form of Opinion of Local Counsel
Exhibit H                           -       Form of Affiliate Subordination Agreements
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                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

         THIS REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 22,
1999, among INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation ("BORROWER"),
Lenders (hereinafter defined), BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES, LLC, as Sole Lead
Arranger and Book Manager, BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as Syndication Agent
(hereinafter defined), TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., as Documentation Agent
(hereinafter defined), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
(hereinafter defined), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., THE BANK OF NEW YORK, and
TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., as Arranging Agents (hereinafter defined).

                                    RECITALS

A. Borrower has requested that Lenders extend credit to Borrower in the form of
this Revolving Credit Agreement (the "AGREEMENT"), providing for a revolving
loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, a facility for
telecommunications assets for an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000, and
an uncommitted discretionary receivables facility for refinancing the
acquisition/construction facility for an aggregate principal amount of up to
$25,000,000.

B.

C. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lenders are
willing to extend such credit to Borrower.

D.

E. Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
Borrower, Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent,
Arranging Agents, and Lenders agree, as follows:

1. SECTION DEFINITIONS AND TERMS.

2.

2.1      DEFINITIONS. As used herein:

2.2

2.3      ACQUISITION means any transaction or series of related transactions for
the purpose of, or resulting in, directly or indirectly, (a) the acquisition by
any Company of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, (ii) any
business or division of a Person, or (iii) to the extent not properly classified
as a Capital Expenditure in accordance with GAAP, any telecommunication asset or
group of assets currently in operation and generating cash flow and revenue, (b)
the acquisition by any Company of more than 50% of any class of Voting Stock (or
similar ownership interests) of any Person (provided that, formation or
organization of any entity shall not constitute an "Acquisition" to the extent
that the amount of the loan, advance, investment, or capital contribution in
such entity constitutes a permitted investment under SECTION 9.14); or (c) a
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, or other combination by any Company with
another Person if a Company is the surviving entity; provided that, in any
merger involving Borrower, Borrower must be the surviving entity.

2.4

2.5      ADJUSTED EURODOLLAR RATE means, for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for
any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar
Rate Borrowing for such Interest Period by (b) 1 minus the Reserve Requirement
for such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for such Interest Period.

2.6

2.7      ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT means Bank of America, N.A., and its permitted
successors or assigns as "Administrative Agent" for Lenders under this
Agreement.

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2.8

2.9      AFFILIATE of any Person means any other individual or entity who
directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such Person, and, for purposes of this definition only, "control,"
"controlled by," and "under common control with" mean possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or
policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
otherwise).

2.10

2.11     AGENTS means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication
Agent, the Documentation Agent, and Arranging Agents.

2.12

2.13     AGREEMENT means this Revolving Credit Agreement (as the same may
hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time).

2.14

2.15     ANNUALIZED OPERATING CASH FLOW means, at any date of determination, the
Operating Cash Flow of the Companies (determined on a consolidated basis) for
the three-calendar month period then most recently ended, multiplied by four.

2.16

2.17     APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE means, for each Lender and for each Type of
Borrowing, the "Lending Office" of such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender)
designated on SCHEDULE 2.1 attached hereto or such other office that such Lender
(or an affiliate of such Lender) may from time to time specify to Administrative
Agent and Borrower by written notice in accordance with the terms hereof.

2.18

2.19     APPLICABLE MARGIN means either:

2.20

                  (a) with respect to Borrowings occurring on or prior to June
         30, 2001, 1.75% for Base Rate Borrowings and 2.750% for Eurodollar Rate
         Borrowings; or

                  (b) on any date of determination occurring after June 30,
         2001, the percentage per annum set forth in the table below for the
         Type of Borrowing that corresponds to the Total Leverage Ratio at such
         date of determination, as calculated based on the quarterly compliance
         certificate of Borrower most recently delivered pursuant to SECTION 9.3
         hereof (or the most recent Permitted Acquisition Compliance Certificate
         for a Permitted Acquisition, as the case may be):

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       TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO                                    APPLICABLE MARGIN
                                              -----------------------------------------------------------
                                              BASE RATE BORROWINGS             EURODOLLAR RATE BORROWINGS
------------------------------------          --------------------             --------------------------
<S>                                           <C>                              <C>
        LESS THAN 5.00:1.0                           0.625%                              1.625%

GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 5.00 : 1.0,                 0.875%                              1.875%
      BUT LESS THAN 7.00:1.0

GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 7.00:1.0,                   1.250%                              2.250%
     BUT LESS THAN 10.00:1.0

GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 10.00:1.0,                  1.500%                              2.500%
     BUT LESS THAN 12.00:1.0

GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 12.00:1.0                   1.750%                              2.750%
</TABLE>

                           (i)  With respect to any adjustments in the
                  Applicable Margin as a result of changes in the Total Leverage
                  Ratio, such adjustment shall be effective commencing on the
                  second Business Day after the delivery of Financial Statements
                  (and related Compliance Certificate) pursuant to SECTIONS
                  9.3(a) and 9.3(b) or the most recent

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                  Permitted Acquisition Compliance Certificate for a Permitted
                  Acquisition, as the case may be.

                           (ii) If Borrower fails to timely furnish to Lenders
                  the Financial Statements and related Compliance Certificates
                  as required to be delivered pursuant to SECTIONS 9.3(a) and
                  9.3(b), and such failure shall not be remedied within five
                  days, then (unless the Default Rate has been effected by
                  Required Lenders pursuant to SECTION 3.5) the Applicable
                  Margin shall be the maximum Applicable Margin specified in the
                  table above.

         ARRANGING AGENTS means, collectively, Bank of America, N.A., The Bank
of New York, and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., and their respective permitted
successors and assigns as "Arranging Agent" under this Agreement.

         ASSUMED TAXES means, (a) with respect to any Equity Issuance, an amount
equal to such incremental annual increase in franchise Taxes as Borrower
estimates in good faith shall be payable as a result of such Equity Issuance,
and (b) with respect to any Significant Sale, an amount equal to such percentage
as Borrower estimates in good faith to be its effective rate of the taxable gain
for federal and state income tax purposes with respect to such Significant Sale.

         AUTHORIZATIONS means all filings, recordings, and registrations with,
and all validations or exemptions, approvals, orders, authorizations, consents,
franchises, licenses, certificates, and permits from, any Governmental Authority
(including, without limitation, the FCC and applicable PUCs), including without
limitation, any of the foregoing authorizing or permitting the acquisition,
construction, or operation of any network facility or any other
telecommunication system.

         BANK OF AMERICA means Bank of America, N.A., in its individual capacity
as a Lender, and its successors and assigns.

         BASE RATE means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus one-half of one percent (.5%) and
(b) the Prime Rate for such day. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in
the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate.

         BASE RATE BORROWING means a Borrowing bearing interest at the sum of
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Borrowings.

         BENEFICIAL OWNER means a beneficial owner as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rules), including the provision
of such rules that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all
securities that such Person has a right to acquire within 60 days; provided that
a Person will not be deemed a beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, any
securities if such beneficial ownership (a) arises solely as a result of a
revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act and (b) is not also then
reportable on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or any successor schedule) under the
Exchange Act.

         BORROWER is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

         BORROWING means any amount disbursed (a) by one or more Lenders to
Borrower under the Loan Documents (under the Revolver Facility, the
Telecommunications Facility, or the Receivables Facility),

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whether such amount constitutes an original disbursement of funds or the
continuation of an amount outstanding, or (b) by any Lender in accordance with,
and to satisfy the obligations of any Company or Guarantor under, any Loan
Document.

         BORROWING DATE is defined in SECTION 2.5(a).

         BUDGET means the most recently delivered of the (a) annual financial
budget for the Companies delivered on the Closing Date as required in ITEM 22 on
SCHEDULE 7.1 delivered pursuant to SECTION 7.1 or (b) the Budget delivered
pursuant to SECTION 9.3(d), together with any adjustments to any Budget (whether
described in CLAUSE (a) or (b)) made from time to time based on projections
delivered in connection with Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to SECTION 7.2 and
the requirements of a "Permitted Acquisition" as set forth in this SECTION 1.1
so long as such projections have been approved by Administrative Agent.

         BUSINESS DAY means (a) for all purposes, any day other than Saturday,
Sunday, and any other day on which commercial banking institutions are required
or authorized by Law to be closed in Dallas, Texas, or such other location as
Administrative Agent may select upon 30 days prior written notice to Borrower,
Arranging Agents, and Lenders, and (b) in addition to the foregoing, in respect
of any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, a day on which dealings in United States
dollars are conducted in the London interbank market and commercial banks are
open for international business in London.

         CAPACITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT means the Williams Agreement, any other
capacity purchase agreements or dark fiber leases (where a Company is lessee)
entered into by Borrower with third parties from time to time.

         CAPITAL EXPENDITURE means an expenditure for any fixed asset having a
useful life of more than one (1) year, or any improvements or additions thereto,
including the direct or indirect acquisition of such assets, and, including any
obligations to pay deferred circuit costs.

         CAPITAL LEASE means any capital lease or sublease which should be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, other than obligations
arising under any Capacity Purchase Agreement.

         CAPITAL STOCK means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock, and (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, such partnership.

         CASH EQUIVALENTS means:

                  (a) Readily marketable, direct, full faith and credit
         obligations of the United States of America, or obligations guaranteed
         by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, maturing
         within not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

                  (b) Short term certificates of deposit and time deposits,
         which mature within one year from the date of issuance and which are
         fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

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                  (c) Commercial paper maturing in 365 days or less from the
         date of issuance and rated either "P1" by Moody's Investors Service,
         Inc. ("MOODY'S"), or "A-1" by Standard and Poor's Rating Group (a
         division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., "S&P");

                  (d) Debt instruments of a domestic issuer which mature in one
         year or less and which are rated "A" or better by Moody's or S&P on the
         date of acquisition of such investment; and

                  (e) Demand deposit accounts which are maintained in the
         ordinary course of business.

         CLOSING DATE means the date upon which this Agreement has been executed
by Borrower, Lenders, and Administrative Agent and all conditions precedent
specified in SECTION 7.1 have been satisfied or waived, but must be, if at all,
a Business Day occurring no later than December 22, 1999.

         CLOSING PRICE on any Trading Day with respect to the per share price of
any shares of Capital Stock means the last reported sale price regular way or,
in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices regular way, in either case on the New
York Stock Exchange or, if such shares of Capital Stock are not listed or
admitted to trading on such exchange, on the principal national securities
exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the Nasdaq
National Market or, if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq National Market but the issuer
is a Foreign Issuer (as defined in Rule 3b4(b) under the Exchange Act) and the
principal securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to
trading is a Designated Offshore Securities Market (as defined in Rule 902(a)
under the Securities Act), the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices regular way on such principal exchange, or, if such shares are not listed
or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq
National Market and the issuer and principal securities exchange do not meet
such requirements, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
overthecounter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm
that is selected from time to time by the Borrower for that purpose and is
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

         CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         COLLATERAL means all the items and types of property described as
"Collateral" in the Collateral Documents and all cash and non-cash proceeds
thereof.

         COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS means all security agreements, pledge agreements,
assignments of partnership interests, and Guaranties at any time delivered to
Administrative Agent to create or evidence Liens securing the Obligation,
together with all reaffirmations, amendments, and modifications thereof or
supplements thereto.

         COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE means, at any date of determination, for any
Lender with respect to a particular Facility, the proportion (stated as a
percentage) that its Committed Sum for such Facility bears to the aggregate
Committed Sums of all Lenders for such Facility.

         COMMITTED SUM means, for any Lender at any date of determination, as
the case may be, (a) with respect to the Revolver Facility and the
Telecommunications Facility, the amount stated beside such Lender's name on the
most-recently amended SCHEDULE 2.1 to the Agreement (which amount is subject to

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increase, reduction, or cancellation in accordance with this Agreement), and (b)
with respect to the Receivables Facility, the Receivables Commitment of any
Lender then in effect.

         COMMON STOCK of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that does
not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
of such Person, to shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

         COMMUNICATIONS ACT means, collectively, The Federal Communications Act
of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations in effect
at any time thereunder.

         COMPANIES means, at any date of determination thereof, Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries; and COMPANY means, on any date of determination,
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

         COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE means a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E-1.

         CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS means any loss or expense which any Lender may
reasonably incur in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing as a consequence of
any event described in SECTION 4.5.

         CONSTRUCTION PROJECT means a project undertaken by any Borrower or any
Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower relating to the construction of
Telecommunications Assets which are wholly-owned by such Company.

         CONTEMPLATED EQUITY INFUSION means one or more investments or capital
contributions (including common and preferred stock) in Borrower or one or more
of its Domestic Subsidiaries aggregating up to $400,000,000, as reflected in the
Budget delivered by Borrower to Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date, so long
as such investments are made within a six month period immediately following the
Closing Date.

         CONTINUING DIRECTORS means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the board of directors of Borrower who (i) was a member of such board of
directors on the Closing Date or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to
such board of directors with the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such board at the time of such
nomination or election.

         CURRENT FINANCIALS means, at the time of any determination thereof, the
more recently delivered to Lenders of either (a) the Financial Statements for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, and the nine-month period ended
September 30, 1999, calculated on a consolidated basis for the Companies; or (b)
the Financial Statements required to be delivered under SECTIONS 9.3(a) or
9.3(b), as the case may be, calculated on a consolidated basis for the
Companies.

         DEBT means (without duplication), for any Person, the sum of the
following: (a) all liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness of such Person
which in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon such Person's balance
sheet as liabilities (but excluding accrued taxes and accrued expenses) in
respect of (i) money borrowed, including, without limitation, the Principal
Debt, (ii) obligations of such Person under Capital Leases,(iii) all obligations
arising under the Williams Agreement or any other Capacity Purchase Agreement,
and (iv) obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property, all conditional sale obligations, and obligations under any
title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable which are for
goods furnished or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and are
payable in accordance with customary trade terms); (b) all obligations of the
type referred to in CLAUSES (a)(i) through (a)(iv) preceding of other Persons
for the payment of which such

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Person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor, or otherwise; (c) all
obligations of the type referred to in CLAUSES (a)(i) through CLAUSE (a)(iv) and
CLAUSE (b) preceding of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or
asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person),
the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such
property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; (d) the face
amount of all letters of credit and banker's acceptances issued for the account
of such Person, and without duplication, all drafts drawn and unpaid thereunder,
other than letters of credit or banker's acceptances that are completely secured
with cash collateral; and (e) net payments under Financial Hedges.

         DEBT ISSUANCE means any Subordinated Debt of Borrower or any Company
issued or incurred after the Closing Date in accordance with SECTION 9.12(g).

         DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of
America and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
transfer or conveyance, suspension of payments, or similar Laws from time to
time in effect affecting the Rights of creditors generally.

         DEFAULT is defined in SECTION 10.

         DEFAULT RATE means a per annum rate of interest equal from day to day
to the lesser of (a) the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for
Base Rate Borrowings plus 2% and (b) the Maximum Rate.

         DISTRIBUTION for any Person means, with respect to any shares of any
capital stock or other equity securities issued by such Person, (a) the
retirement, redemption, purchase, or other acquisition for value of any such
securities, other than the redemption of Preferred Stock for common stock and
the conversion of Preferred Stock into Permitted Debt, (b) the declaration or
payment of any dividend on or with respect to any such securities, (c) any other
payment by such Person with respect to such securities, and (d) other than in
connection with a Permitted Refinancing, voluntary prepayments of principal and
interest on, and any redemptions or repurchases of, Subordinated Debt.

         DOLLARS and the symbol $ means lawful money of the United States of
America.

         DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower
that is organized or incorporated under the Laws of a jurisdiction of the United
States, other than a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary of Borrower.

         ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender (so
long as such assignment is not made in conjunction with the sale of such
Affiliate); and (c) any other commercial bank or other financial institution
approved by Administrative Agent (which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed by Administrative Agent) and -- unless a Default or
Potential Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is
effected in accordance with SECTION 13.13 -- Borrower, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed by Borrower and such approval to be deemed
given by Borrower if no objection is received by the assigning Lender and the
Administrative Agent from Borrower within five Business Days after notice of
such proposed assignment has been provided by the assigning Lender to Borrower;
provided, however, that neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower shall
qualify as an Eligible Assignee.

         EMPLOYEE PLAN means an employee pension benefit plan covered by Title
IV of ERISA and established or maintained by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate,
but not including any Multiemployer Plan.

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         ENVIRONMENTAL LAW means any applicable Law that relates to (a) the
condition or protection of air, groundwater, surface water, soil, or other
environmental media, (b) the environment, including natural resources or any
activity which affects the environment, (c) the regulation of any pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, substances, and Hazardous Substances, including, without
limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 9601 et seq.) ("CERCLA"), the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by
the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. ss. 136 et seq.), the Emergency
Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. ss. 11001 et seq.),
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. ss. 4321 et seq.), the Oil
Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. ss. 2701 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 6901 et seq.), the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C.
ss. 401 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 201 and ss. 300f et
seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (42
U.S.C. ss. 6901 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. ss. 2601
et seq.), and analogous state and local Laws, as any of the foregoing may have
been and may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any analogous
future enacted or adopted Law, or (d) the Release or threatened Release of
Hazardous Substances.

         EQUITY ISSUANCE means the issuance on and after the Closing Date by any
Company of any shares of any class of stock, warrants, or other equity
interests, other than (a) present and future shares of stock, options, or
warrants issued to employees, directors, or consultants of the Companies, and
(b) if no Default or Potential Default then exists or arises after giving effect
thereto, the Contemplated Equity Infusion.

         ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations and rulings thereunder.

         ERISA AFFILIATE means any company or trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which, for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, is a member of
Borrower's controlled group or which is under common control with Borrower
within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code.

         ERISA EVENT means any of the following: (a) the occurrence of a
Reportable Event; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect
to an Employee Plan, or becoming obligated to file with the PBGC a notice of
failure to make a required payment with respect to any Employee Plan; (c) the
provision by the administrator of any Employee Plan of a notice of intent to
terminate such Employee Plan; (d) the withdrawal by any Company or ERISA
Affiliate, in whole or in part, from a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the occurrence of
any condition (under ERISA, the Code, or otherwise) for the imposition of a Lien
in favor of the PBGC on the assets of any Company; (f) the adoption of an
amendment to an Employee Plan requiring the provision of security to such
Employee Plan; (g) institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate or impose
liability in respect of (other than premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA), any
Employee Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition that constitutes
grounds for termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Employee Plan; (h) institution by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan of
proceedings to terminate or reorganize such Multiemployer Plan, or to impose
withdrawal liability on any Company or ERISA Affiliate with respect to such
Multiemployer Plan; (i) the cessation of operations at a facility of any Company
or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; or (j) any Company or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in any "prohibited
transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
with respect to an Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

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         EURODOLLAR RATE means, for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for any
Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Bridge Telerate Screen Page 3750 (or any
successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period. If for
any reason such rate is not available, the term "Eurodollar Rate" shall mean,
for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on
Reuters Screen LIBO Page as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period;
provided, however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO
Page, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%).

         EURODOLLAR RATE BORROWING means a Borrowing bearing interest at the sum
of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate
Borrowings.

         EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or
any successor act), and the rules and regulations thereunder.

         EXHIBIT means an exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

         EXISTING SENIOR NOTES means, collectively, (i) the 8-7/8% Senior Notes
due 2007, issued by Borrower pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 30,
1997, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National Association,
as trustee; (ii) the 8.60% Senior Notes due 2008, issued by Borrower pursuant to
an Indenture dated as of May 27, 1998, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank,
Central Florida, National Association, as trustee; (iii) the 11-1/4% Senior
Notes due 2007, issued by Borrower pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 9,
1997, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National Association,
as trustee; (iv) the 12-1/2% Senior Notes due 2006, issued by Borrower pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of May 14, 1996, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank,
Central Florida, National Association, as trustee; (v) the 8-1/2% Senior Notes
due 2008, issued by Borrower pursuant to an Indenture dated as of December 23,
1997, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National Association,
as trustee; and (vi) the 9-1/2% Senior Notes due 2009, issued by Borrower
pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 24, 1999, between Borrower and
SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National Association, as Trustee.

         EXISTING SUBORDINATED NOTES means, the 12-1/4% Senior Subordinated
Discount Notes due 2009, issued by Borrower pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
February 24, 1999, between Borrower and SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National
Association, as Trustee.

         FACILITIES means, collectively, the Revolver Facility, and either the
Telecommunications Facility or the Receivables Facility (but only if such
Facility is substituted for the Telecommunications Facility in accordance with
the requirements of the Loan Documents). FACILITY means the Revolver Facility,
or the Telecommunications Facility, or the Receivables Facility (but only if
such Facility is substituted for the Telecommunications Facility in accordance
with the requirements of the Loan Documents).

         FCC means the Federal Communications Commission and any successor
regulatory body.

         FEDERAL FUNDS RATE means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) by
Administrative Agent to be equal to the weighted average of the rates on
overnight

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Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided
that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent (in its
individual capacity) on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding,
absent manifest error).

         FINANCIAL HEDGE means a swap, collar, floor, cap, or other contract
which is intended to reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in interest
rates, including, without limitation, the Financial Hedges entered into by any
Company in accordance with SECTION 9.26.

         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS means balance sheets, statements of operations,
statements of shareholders' equity (deficits), and statements of cash flows
prepared in accordance with GAAP, which statements of operations and statements
of cash flows shall be in comparative form to the corresponding period of the
preceding fiscal year, and which balance sheets and statements of shareholder's
equity (deficits) shall be in comparative form to the prior fiscal year-end
figures.

         FIRST QUALIFYING DATE means February 15, 2000, so long as no Default or
Potential Default then exists.

         FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY means a Subsidiary of Borrower that is organized or
incorporated under the Laws of any jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction of the
United States.

         GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are applicable from time to time.

         GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY means any (a) local, state, municipal, or
federal judicial, executive, or legislative instrumentality, (b) private
arbitration board or panel, or (c) central bank.

         GUARANTOR means any Person, including, but not limited to, any Domestic
Subsidiary of Borrower, who undertakes to be liable for all or any part of the
Obligation by execution of a Guaranty or otherwise.

         GUARANTY means (a) a Guaranty in substantially the form and upon the
terms of EXHIBIT C, executed and delivered by any Person pursuant to the
requirements of the Loan Documents; and (b) any amendments, modifications,
supplements, restatements, ratifications, or reaffirmations of any Guaranty made
in accordance with the Loan Documents.

         HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE means (a) any substance that is designated,
defined, or classified as a hazardous waste, hazardous material, pollutant,
contaminant, or toxic or hazardous substance under any Environmental Law,
including without limitation, any hazardous substance within the meaning of
Section 101(14) of CERCLA, (b) petroleum, oil, gasoline, natural gas, fuel oil,
motor oil, waste oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and other petroleum hydrocarbons,
(c) regulated asbestos and asbestos-containing materials in any form, (d)
polychlorinated biphenyls, or (e) urea formaldehyde foam.

         IMMATERIALITY CERTIFICATE means an officer's certificate in form and
substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, executed and delivered by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower, stating that (a) the

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annual Revenue of Financial Place Communications Company does not exceed
$3,000,000, and (b) in the reasonable estimation of Borrower, Financial Place
Communications Company has and will in the future have net assets not to exceed
$1,000,000.00.

         INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO means, for the Companies on a consolidated
basis, at any date of determination for the twelve-calendar month period then
most recently ended, the ratio of (i) the Operating Cash Flow of the Companies
(determined on a consolidated basis) for such period to (ii) the aggregate
amount of cash interest due and payable on the Total Debt during such period,
expressly including imputed interest on Capital Lease transactions and Capacity
Purchase Agreements, but excluding accreted interest and interest on capitalized
labor costs.

         INTEREST EXPENSE means, for any period of calculation thereof, the
aggregate gross interest expense for the Companies on a consolidated basis
(including commitment fees) on all Debt of the Companies, whether paid in cash
or accrued as a liability and payable in cash during such period determined in
conformity with GAAP (including, without limitation, imputed interest on Capital
Lease obligations and Capacity Purchase Agreements; the interest portion of any
deferred payment obligation; net costs associated with Financial Hedges).

         INTEREST PERIOD is determined in accordance with SECTION 3.9.

         LAWS means all applicable statutes, laws, treaties, ordinances, tariff
requirements, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees,
judgments, opinions, or interpretations of any Governmental Authority.

         LEAD ARRANGER means Banc of America Securities LLC, and its successors
and assigns, in its capacity as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager.

         LENDERS means, on any date of determination, the financial institutions
named on SCHEDULE 2.1 (as the same may be amended from time to time by
Administrative Agent to reflect the assignments made in accordance with SECTION
13.13(c) of this Agreement or to reflect any additional Lenders under the
Receivables Facility subject to and in accordance with SECTION 2.3(b)), and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and their respective
successors and assigns; provided that, if permitted by this Agreement, the
Existing Senior Notes, the Existing Subordinated Notes, and any permitted
issuances of Debt pursuant to SECTION 9.12, solely for purposes of any
Collateral Document and SECTION 12 and SECTIONS 3.12 and 3.13, "LENDERS" shall
also include any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender who is party to a Financial
Hedge with Borrower and their respective successors and assigns (for purposes
hereof, each Lender shall be deemed to have entered into this Agreement for and
on behalf of any Affiliate now or hereafter party to a Financial Hedge with
Borrower).

         LICENSE COMPANY has the meaning specified in SECTION 9.33.

         LIEN means any lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, assignment,
charge, title retention agreement, or encumbrance of any kind, and any other
Right of or arrangement with any creditor (other than under or relating to
subordination or other intercreditor arrangements) to have its claim satisfied
out of any property or assets, or the proceeds therefrom, prior to the general
creditors of the owner thereof.

         LITIGATION means any action by or before any Governmental Authority.

         LOAN DOCUMENTS means (a) this Agreement, the Notes, and the Collateral
Documents, (b) all agreements, documents, or instruments in favor of Agents or
Lenders ever delivered pursuant to this

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Agreement or otherwise delivered in connection with all or any part of the
Obligation, and (c) any and all future renewals, extensions, restatements,
reaffirmations, or amendments of, or supplements to, all or any part of the
foregoing.

         MATERIAL ADVERSE EVENT means any set of one or more circumstances or
events which, individually or collectively, could reasonably be expected to
result in any (a) material impairment of the ability of any Company to perform
any of its payment or other material obligations under the Loan Documents or the
ability of Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce any such obligations or
any of their respective Rights under the Loan Documents, (b) material and
adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise)
or results of operations of any Company, either singly or in the aggregate, or
(c) Default or Potential Default.

         MATERIAL AGREEMENT means any material written or oral agreement,
contract, commitment, or understanding to which any Company is a party, by which
such Company is directly or indirectly bound, or to which any assets of such
Company may be subject (excluding purchase orders for material and inventory in
the ordinary course of business), which involves (i) revenue payable to any
Company in excess of 5% of the total consolidated Revenues of the Companies in
the aggregate during any 12month period, or (ii) financial obligations of any
Company in excess of 10% of the total consolidated expenses of the Companies in
the aggregate during any 12month period, and which is not cancellable by such
Company upon 30 days or less notice without liability for further payment (other
than nominal penalties), or any other agreement which, in the determination of
Borrower is material to its business, whether or not more specifically set forth
on SCHEDULE 8.15, together with any amendments or modifications to any such
Material Agreement permitted pursuant to SECTION 9.30.

         MAXIMUM AMOUNT and MAXIMUM RATE respectively mean, for each Lender, the
maximum non-usurious amount and the maximum non-usurious rate of interest which,
under applicable Law, such Lender is permitted to contract for, charge, take,
reserve, or receive on the Obligation.

         MAXIMUM RECEIVABLES COMMITMENT means an amount (subject to reduction or
cancellation as herein provided) equal to the lesser of (i) $25,000,000 or (ii)
an amount equal to 80% of the accounts receivables of the Companies which
satisfy "eligibility" requirements specified in the related Receivable Credit
Documents.

         MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN means a multiemployer plan as defined in Sections
3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code to which any Company
or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or has made, or is accruing, or has accrued,
an obligation to make contributions or has, within any of the preceding five
plan years, made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

         NET CASH PROCEEDS means (a) with respect to any Significant Sale, cash
(freely convertible into Dollars) received, on or after the date of consummation
of such Significant Sale, by any Company from such Significant Sale, after (i)
deduction of Assumed Taxes, (ii) payment of all usual and customary brokerage
commissions and all other reasonable fees and expenses related to such
Significant Sale (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
closing costs incurred in connection with such Significant Sale), (iii)
deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by Borrower or any Company as a
reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities retained by any
Company after such Significant Sale, which liabilities are associated with the
asset or assets being sold, including, without limitation, pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental
matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such
Significant Sale, and (iv) deduction for the amount of any Permitted Debt (other
than the Obligation) secured by the respective asset or assets being sold, which
Permitted Debt is required to be repaid as a result of such

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Significant Sale; (b) with respect to any incurrence of Debt, cash (freely
convertible into Dollars) received, on or after the date of incurrence of such
Debt, by any Company from the incurrence of such Debt after (i) payment of all
reasonable attorneys' fees and usual and customary underwriting commissions,
closing costs, and other reasonable expenses associated with such incurrence of
Debt, (ii) deduction of all deposits, escrow amounts, or other reserves required
to be maintained by any Company in connection with such Debt, and (iii)
deductions for the amount of any other Debt (other than the Obligation) which is
required to be repaid concurrently with or otherwise as a result of the
incurrence of such Debt; and (c) with respect to any Equity Issuance, cash
(freely convertible into Dollars) (including any cash received by way of
deferred payment pursuant to a promissory note, or otherwise, but only as and
when received) received, on or after the date of such Equity Issuance, by any
Company from such Equity Issuance, net of usual and customary transaction costs
and expenses and Assumed Taxes.

         NEW SENIOR NOTES is defined in SECTION 9.12(h).

         NOTES means, at the time of any determination thereof, all outstanding
and unpaid Revolver Notes, Telecommunications Notes, and Receivables Notes.

         NOTICE OF BORROWING is defined in SECTION 2.5(a).

         NOTICE OF CONVERSION is defined in SECTION 3.10.

         OBLIGATION means all present and future indebtedness, liabilities, and
obligations, and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part thereof, now
or hereafter owed to Administrative Agent, any other Agent, any Lender, or any
Affiliate of any Lender by any Company arising from, by virtue of, or pursuant
to any Loan Document, together with all interest accruing thereon, fees, costs,
and expenses (including, without limitation, all attorneys' fees and expenses
incurred in the enforcement or collection thereof) payable under the Loan
Documents; provided that, all references to the "Obligation" in the Collateral
Documents and in SECTIONS 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13, shall, in addition to the
foregoing, if permitted by this Agreement, the Existing Senior Notes, the
Existing Subordinated Notes, and any permitted issuances of Debt pursuant to
SECTION 9.12, also include all present and future indebtedness, liabilities, and
obligations (and all renewals and extensions thereof or any part thereof) now or
hereafter owed to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender arising from, by
virtue of, or pursuant to any Financial Hedge entered into by any Company.

         OPERATING CASH FLOW means, for the Companies on a consolidated basis,
as calculated at any date of determination with respect to the then most
recently ended Rolling Period (unless otherwise indicated), the sum (without
duplication and excluding any extraordinary losses or gains during such period)
of (a) net income or deficit during such period, plus (b) to the extent already
deducted in computing such net income (i) income Tax expense, (ii) Interest
Expense during such period, (iii) depreciation, amortization, and other
non-cash-expense items during such period, less (c) interest and dividend
income, less (d) other non-cash components of income; calculations of Operating
Cash Flow shall be adjusted as required to take into account any minority
ownership interests (other than minority ownership interests in Digex). In
determining Operating Cash Flow for the Companies:

                  (a) Operating Cash Flow shall be calculated after giving
         effect to Acquisitions and divestitures of such Companies (to the
         extent such transactions are permitted by the Loan Documents) during
         such period as if such transactions had occurred on the first day of
         such period, regardless of whether the effect is positive or negative;
         and

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                  (b) For the Rolling Periods ending in fiscal years 1999 and
         2000, Operating Cash Flow of the Companies may be increased by the
         following amounts during the periods indicated (to the extent such
         amounts were deducted in determining net income for such periods and
         have not otherwise been added-back in calculating Operating Cash Flow
         for such periods): one-time adjustments for non-recurring restructuring
         charges not to exceed (i) $5,400,000 in the aggregate for the first
         fiscal quarter of fiscal year 1999; (ii) $3,440,000 in the aggregate
         for the second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 1999; (iii) $5,512,000 in
         the aggregate for the third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 1999; and
         (iv) up to $7,000,000 in the aggregate for the fourth fiscal quarter of
         fiscal year 1999, to the extent such charges are accrued.

         PARTICIPANT is defined in SECTION 13.13(e).

         PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereof, established pursuant to ERISA.

         PERMITTED ACQUISITION means:

                  (a) Acquisitions by any Company of businesses which are
         primarily engaged in the Telecommunications Business, with respect to
         which each of the following requirements shall have been satisfied:

                           (i)   At any time the Total Leverage Ratio
                  (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any proposed
                  Acquisition) exceeds 5.00 to 1.00, the aggregate Purchase
                  Price for all Acquisitions consummated on or subsequent to the
                  Closing Date through any date of determination must be less
                  than or equal to the sum of $100,000,000 plus 100% of Net Cash
                  Proceeds from any Equity Issuance (excluding $300,000,000 of
                  the Contemplated Equity Infusion). At any time and so long as
                  the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated after giving pro forma
                  effect to any proposed Acquisition) is less than or equal to
                  5.00 to 1.00, the aggregate purchase price for such
                  Acquisitions must be less than or equal to the sum of
                  $250,000,000 plus 100% of Net Cash Proceeds from any Equity
                  Issuance (excluding $300,000,000 of the Contemplated Equity
                  Infusion);

                           (ii)  As of the closing of any Acquisition, the
                  Acquisition has been approved and recommended by the board of
                  directors of the Person to be acquired or from which such
                  business is to be acquired;

                           (iii) Not less than 15 Business Days prior to the
                  closing of any Acquisition, Borrower shall have delivered to
                  Administrative Agreement a Permitted Acquisition Compliance
                  Certificate with respect to such Acquisition, together with
                  such other information concerning the Acquisition as
                  Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Not less than 5
                  Business Days prior to the closing of any Acquisition,
                  Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a
                  Compliance Certificate, demonstrating pro forma compliance
                  with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents, after
                  giving effect to the Acquisition, together with (A) pro forma
                  income and balance sheet projections for the Companies (after
                  giving effect to the Acquisition), and (B) five year cash flow
                  projections for the Acquisition demonstrating compliance with
                  the Companies' applicable financial covenants and debt
                  amortization schedules;

                           (iv) Prior to consummation of any Acquisition,
                  Borrower shall have satisfied the conditions precedent set
                  forth in SECTION 7.2;

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                           (v)   As of the closing of any Acquisition, after
                  giving effect to such Acquisition, the acquiring party must be
                  Solvent and the Companies, on a consolidated basis, must be
                  Solvent;

                           (vi)  As of the closing of any Acquisition, no
                  Default or Potential Default shall exist or occur as a result
                  of, and after giving effect to, such Acquisition; and

                           (vii) As of the closing of any Acquisition, (A) if
                  such Acquisition is structured as a merger, Borrower, (or if
                  such merger is with any Subsidiary of Borrower, then such
                  Subsidiary) must be the surviving entity after giving effect
                  to such merger; and (B) if such Acquisition is structured as a
                  stock/equity Acquisition, the acquiring Company shall own not
                  less than a 75% interest in the entity being acquired and such
                  acquired Company shall become a Guarantor; or

                  (b) any other Acquisition for which the prior written consent
         of Required Lenders has been obtained.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that CLAUSE (a)(iii) and
(a)(iv) require the delivery of compliance certificates and projections in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition, such compliance certificates and
projections shall not be required for any Permitted Acquisition for which the
Purchase Price is less than $10,000,000.

         PERMITTED ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE means a certificate signed
by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E-2.

         PERMITTED ACQUISITION LOAN CLOSING CERTIFICATE means a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT E3.

         PERMITTED DEBT means Debt permitted under SECTION 9.12 as described in
such Section.

         PERMITTED LIENS means Liens permitted under SECTION 9.13 as described
in such Section.

         PERMITTED REFINANCINGS shall have the meaning set forth in CLAUSE (i)
of SECTION 9.12.

         PERSON means any individual, entity, or Governmental Authority.

         POTENTIAL DEFAULT means the occurrence of any event or existence of any
circumstance which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would
become a Default.

         PREFERRED STOCK means, collectively, (i) 53,729 shares of 7% Series D
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock issued by Borrower which is evidenced by a
Certificate of Designation dated as of July 7, 1997; (ii) 64,892 shares of 7%
Series E Junior Convertible Preferred Stock which is evidenced by a Certificate
of Designation dated as of October 29, 1997; (iii) 79,600 shares of 7% Series F
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock issued by Borrower which is evidenced by a
Certificate of Designation dated as of August 17, 1998; (iv) 300,000 shares of
13-1/2% Series B Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock issued by Borrower
which is mandatorily redeemable in 2009 and which is evidenced by a Certificate
of Designation dated as of March 3, 1997; (v) any additional Preferred Stock (in
substantially identical terms as the Preferred Stock with respect to which such
stock is being issued) issued as dividends on the Preferred Stock described in
ITEM (iv); and (vi) any additional Preferred Stock issued after the Closing

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Date on terms no less favorable to Lenders than the Preferred Stock existing on
the Closing Date; provided that, no cash Distribution may be paid or declared
with respect to such additional Preferred Stock until Borrower demonstrates to
Administrative Agent's satisfaction that the Total Leverage Ratio is less than
5.00 to 1.00.

         PRIME RATE means the per annum rate of interest established from time
to time by Bank of America as its prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest
rate of interest charged by Bank of America to its customers.

         PRINCIPAL DEBT means, at the time of any determination thereof, the sum
of the Revolver Principal Debt and the Telecommunications Principal Debt (or the
Receivables Principal Debt, if the Receivables Facility has replaced the
Telecommunications Facility in accordance with the requirements of SECTION 2.3).

         PRO RATA or PRO RATA PART, for each Lender, means on any date of
determination (a) for purposes of sharing any amount or fee payable to any
Lender in respect of a Facility, the proportion which the portion of the
Principal Debt for the applicable Facility owed to such Lender bears to the
Principal Debt under the applicable Facility owed to all Lenders at the time in
question, and (b) for all other purposes, the proportion which the portion of
the Principal Debt owed to such Lender bears to the Principal Debt owed to all
Lenders at the time in question, or if no Principal Debt is outstanding, then
the proportion that the aggregate of such Lender's Committed Sums then in effect
under the Facilities bears to the Total Commitment then in effect.

         PUC means any state or local regulatory agency or governmental
authority that exercises jurisdiction over the rates or services or the
ownership, construction, or operation of network facilities or
telecommunications systems or over Persons who own, construct, or operate
network facilities or telecommunications systems.

         PURCHASE PRICE means, with respect to any Acquisition, all direct,
indirect, and deferred cash payments made to or for the benefit of the Person
being acquired (or whose assets are being acquired), its shareholders, officers,
directors, employees, or Affiliates in connection with such Acquisition,
including, without limitation, the amount of any Debt being assumed in
connection with such Acquisition (and subject to the limitations on Permitted
Debt hereunder), seller financing, and payments under non-competition or
consulting agreements entered into in connection with such Acquisition and
similar agreements (but expressly excluding any non-cash consideration and the
value of any stock, options, or warrants or other Rights to acquire stock issued
as part of the consideration in such transaction); provided that, for the
purposes hereof, non-competition agreements and consulting agreements shall be
valued at their present value discounted over the term of such agreement at the
Base Rate in effect at the time of the Acquisition.

         RECEIVABLES COMMITMENT means, for any Receivables Lender with respect
to any Receivables Facility, the commitment amount designated for such Lender
pursuant to the Receivables Credit Documents.

         RECEIVABLES CREDIT DOCUMENTS has the meaning as defined in SECTION
2.3(a).

         RECEIVABLES FACILITY means the uncommitted, discretionary receivables
revolver facility described in, and subject to, the limitations of SECTION 2.3,
and the applicable Receivables Credit Documents.

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         RECEIVABLES LENDER means, at any date of determination, any Lender that
has a Committed Sum under the Receivables Facility.

         RECEIVABLES NOTE means a promissory note substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT A-3, and all renewals, extensions, or replacements of all or any part
thereof.

         RECEIVABLES PRINCIPAL DEBT means, at any date of determination, the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Borrowings under the Receivables
Facility.

         REGISTER is defined in SECTION 13.13(c).

         REGULATION D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as amended.

         REGULATION U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as amended.

         RELEASE means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposal,
deposit, dispersal, migrating, or other movement into the air, ground, or
surface water, or soil.

         REPORTABLE EVENT shall have the meaning specified in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder in connection with an Employee Plan,
excluding events for which the notice requirement is waived under applicable
PBGC regulations other than those events described in Sections 4043.21, 4043.24
and 4043.28 of such regulations, including each such provision as it may
subsequently be renumbered.

         REPRESENTATIVES means representatives, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys, and agents.

         REQUIRED LENDERS means (a) on any date of determination prior to the
Termination Date, those Lenders holding greater than 50% of the Total
Commitment, or (b) on any date of determination occurring after the Termination
Date, those Lenders holding greater than 50% of the outstanding Principal Debt.

         RESERVE REQUIREMENT means, at any time, the maximum rate at which
reserves (including, without limitation, any marginal, special, supplemental, or
emergency reserves) are required to be maintained under regulations issued from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) by member banks of the Federal Reserve System against, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, "Eurocurrency liabilities" (as such term is used in
Regulation D). Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Reserve
Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such
member banks with respect to (a) any category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is to be determined,
or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings. The Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve
Requirement.

         RESPONSIBLE OFFICER means the chairman, president, chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, senior vice
president, or treasurer of Borrower, or, for all purposes under the Loan
Documents, any other officer designated from time to time by the board of
directors of Borrower, which designated officer is acceptable to Administrative
Agent.

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         REVENUES means, at any date of determination for the Rolling Period
most recently ended, the total aggregate amount of cash received, or accounts
receivable established, by the Companies (on a consolidated basis) resulting
from the sale of goods or rendering of services by such Companies less unearned
Revenue solely as a result of Borrower's ordinary and customary advance billing
practices.

         REVOLVER COMMITMENT means an amount (subject to reduction or
cancellation as herein provided) equal to $75,000,000.

         REVOLVER FACILITY means the credit facility as described in and subject
to the limitations set forth in SECTION 2.1 hereof.

         REVOLVER LENDER means, on any date of determination, any Lender that
has a Committed Sum under the Revolver Facility.

         REVOLVER NOTE means a promissory note in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT A-1, and all renewals and extensions of all or any part thereof.

         REVOLVER PRINCIPAL DEBT means, on any date of determination, the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Borrowings under the Revolver
Facility.

         RIGHTS means rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and benefits.

         ROLLING PERIOD means, on any date of determination, the most recent
four fiscal quarters ended on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31
(as the case may be).

         SCHEDULE means, unless specified otherwise, a schedule attached to this
Agreement, as the same may be supplemented and modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.

         SECOND QUALIFYING DATE means the date upon which (i) no Default or
Potential Default then exists, and (ii) first priority Liens have been recorded
in favor of Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of Lenders) in and to
all assets of the Companies with respect to which the Lenders requested Liens on
or prior to February 15, 2000.

         SECURITIES ACT means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or any
successor act), and the rules and regulations thereunder.

         SENIOR DEBT means, at any date of determination, all Debt of the
Companies, excluding Subordinated Debt of the Companies.

         SENIOR SECURED DEBT means, at any date of determination, the aggregate
principal amount of all Senior Debt of the Companies(determined on a
consolidated basis), which is secured by Liens on all or any portion of the
assets of the Companies.

         SIGNIFICANT SALE means any sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition
of any property or assets (tangible or intangible) by any Company to any other
Person (other than any sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition contemplated
by SECTIONS 9.16(a) through (e)) with respect to which the Net Cash Proceeds
realized by the Companies for such asset disposition (or when aggregated with
the Net Cash Proceeds from all such other asset dispositions occurring in the
same calendar year) equals or exceeds $5,000,000.

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         SOLVENT means, as to a Person, that (a) the aggregate fair market value
of such Person's assets exceeds its liabilities (whether contingent,
subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, or otherwise), (b) such Person has
sufficient cash flow to enable it to pay its debts as they mature, and (c) such
Person does not have unreasonably small capital to conduct such Person's
businesses.

         SPECIAL REGULATORY APPROVALS means all necessary approvals,
authorizations, consents, adjudications, or orders of any PUC in the
jurisdiction listed on SCHEDULE 1 with respect to any Borrowings or the granting
of Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, which
approvals, authorizations, consents, adjudications, or orders were not obtained
as of the Closing Date.

         SUBORDINATED DEBT means the Existing Subordinated Notes and any
Subordinated Debt incurred in accordance with SECTION 9.12.

         SUBSIDIARY of any Person means (a) any entity of which an aggregate of
more than 50% (in number of votes) of the stock is owned of record or
beneficially, directly or indirectly, by such Person, or (b) any partnership
(limited or general) of which such Person shall at any time be the controlling
general partner determined in accordance with GAAP, or own fifty percent (50%)
or more of the issued and outstanding partnership interests, provided that, for
all purposes under this Agreement, Financial Place Communications Company shall
not be considered to be a Subsidiary of Borrower if the Immateriality
Certificate has been delivered on or prior to the Closing Date.

         SYNDICATION AGENT means BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and its respective
permitted successors or assigns as "Syndication Agent" under this Agreement.

         TAXES means, for any Person, taxes, assessments, or other governmental
charges or levies imposed upon such Person, its income, or any of its
properties, franchises, or assets.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSETS means assets, Rights (contractual or
otherwise), and properties, whether tangible or intangible, owned by Borrower or
any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower and used in connection with such Company's
Telecommunications Business.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS means the business of (i) transmitting or
providing services related to the transmission of voice, video, or data through
owned or leased transmission facilities; (ii) creating, developing, or marketing
communications related network equipment, software, and other services for use
in a Telecommunications Business; or (iii) evaluating, participating or pursuing
any other activity or opportunity that is related to those identified in CLAUSES
(i) or (ii) above; provided that, the determination of what constitutes a
Telecommunications Business of any Company shall be made in good faith by the
board of directors of Borrower.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITMENT means an amount (subject to reduction or
cancellation as herein provided) equal to $25,000,000.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY means the credit facility as described in
and subject to the limitations of SECTION 2.2.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS LENDER means, at any date of determination, each
Lender who has a Committed Sum under the Telecommunications Facility.

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         TELECOMMUNICATIONS NOTE means a promissory note substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT A-2, and all renewals, extensions, or replacements of all or any
part thereof.

         TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPAL DEBT means, at any date of determination,
the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Borrowings under the
Telecommunications Facility.

         TERMINATION DATE means the earlier of (i) December 22, 2004, and (ii)
with respect to any Facility, the effective date of any other termination or
cancellation of Lenders' commitments to lend under such Facility, in accordance
with this Agreement.

         TOTAL CAPITALIZATION means, at any date of determination, the Total
Debt plus the amount of paid-in-capital of the Companies (including, without
limitation, to the extent included in paid-in-capital, (a) the liquidation value
of all Preferred Stock, (b) other equity securities issued in lieu of cash
dividends on the Preferred Stock or other issued and outstanding equity
securities, and (c) the value of any equity issued by any Company as part of the
consideration for an Acquisition).

         TOTAL COMMITMENT means, on any date of determination, the sum of all
Committed Sums for all Lenders in respect of the Revolver Facility and the
Telecommunications Facility (or the Receivables Facility, if the Receivables
Facility has replaced the Telecommunications Facility in accordance with the
terms and conditions of SECTION 2.3) (as the same may have been reduced or
canceled as provided in the Loan Documents) then in effect.

         TOTAL COMMON EQUITY of any Person means, as of any date of
determination, the product of (i) the aggregate number of outstanding primary
shares of Common Stock of such Person on such day (which shall not include any
options or warrants on, or securities convertible or exchangeable into, shares
of Common Stock of such Person) and (ii) the average Closing Price of such
Common Stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding such
day. If no such Closing Price exists with respect to shares of any such class,
the value of such shares for purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence
shall be determined by the board of directors of Borrower in good faith and
evidenced by a resolution of the board of directors.

         TOTAL DEBT means, on any date of determination, the sum of (i) the
aggregate principal amount of all Debt of the Companies (determined on a
consolidated basis), plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any past due interest
accrued and unpaid on any such Debt.

         TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO means, at any date of determination thereof, the
ratio of (a) Total Debt to (b) Annualized Operating Cash Flow.

         TRADING DAY with respect to a securities exchange or automated
quotation system, means a day on which such exchange or system is open for a
full day of trading.

         TRANSFER APPROVALS has the meaning set forth in SECTION 9.33.

         TYPE means any type of Borrowing determined with respect to the
interest option applicable thereto.

         UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in New York or other
applicable jurisdiction, as amended at the time in question.

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         VOTING STOCK of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or Persons performing
similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

         WHOLLY-OWNED when used in connection with any Subsidiary shall mean a
Subsidiary of which all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock (except
shares required as directors' qualifying shares) shall be owned by Borrower or
one or more of its Wholly-owned Subsidiaries.

         WILLIAMS AGREEMENT means the Capacity Purchase Agreement dated January
5, 1998, by and between Williams Communications, Inc. and Borrower, as amended
through November 5, 1999, and as further amended from time to time pursuant to
SECTION 9.30.

2.21     NUMBER AND GENDER OF WORDS; OTHER REFERENCES. Unless otherwise
specified in the Loan Documents, (a) where appropriate, the singular includes
the plural and vice versa, and words of any gender include each other gender,
(b) heading and caption references may not be construed in interpreting
provisions, (c) monetary references are to currency of the United States of
America, (d) section, paragraph, annex, schedule, exhibit, and similar
references are to the particular Loan Document in which they are used, (e)
references to "telecopy," "facsimile," "fax," or similar terms are to facsimile
or telecopy transmissions, (f) references to "including" mean including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding that word, (g) the rule of
construction that references to general items that follow references to specific
items are limited to the same type or character of those specific items is not
applicable in the Loan Documents, (h) references to any Person include that
Person's heirs, personal representatives, successors, trustees, receivers, and
permitted assigns, (i) references to any Law include every amendment or
supplement to it, rule and regulation adopted under it, and successor or
replacement for it, and (j) references to any Loan Document or other document
include every renewal and extension of it, amendment and supplement to it, and
replacement or substitution for it.

2.22     ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. All accounting and financial terms used in the
Loan Documents and the compliance with each financial covenant therein shall be
determined in accordance with GAAP, and, all accounting principles shall be
applied on a consistent basis so that the accounting principles in a current
period are comparable in all material respects to those applied during the
preceding comparable period. If Borrower or any Lender determines that a change
in GAAP from that in effect on the date hereof has altered the treatment of
certain financial data to its detriment under this Agreement, such party may, by
written notice to the others and Administrative Agent not later than ten (10)
days after the effective date of such change in GAAP, request renegotiation of
the financial covenants affected by such change. If the Borrower and Required
Lenders have not agreed on revised covenants within thirty (30) days after
delivery of such notice, then, for purposes of this Agreement, GAAP will mean
generally accepted accounting principles on the date just prior to the date on
which the change that gave rise to the renegotiation occurred.

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3. SECTION BORROWING PROVISIONS.

4.

4.1      REVOLVER FACILITY. Each Revolver Lender severally, but not jointly,
agrees to lend to Borrower such Revolver Lender's Commitment Percentage of one
or more Borrowings under the Revolver Facility not to exceed such Revolver
Lender's Committed Sum under the Revolver Facility, which Borrowings may be
repaid and reborrowed from time to time in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents; provided that, (a) each such Borrowing must
occur on a Business Day and no later than the Business Day immediately preceding
the Termination Date for the Revolver Facility; (b) each such Borrowing shall be
in an amount not less than $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of
$1,000,000 if a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or $1,000,000 or a greater integral
multiple of $100,000 if a Base Rate Borrowing; and (c) on any date of
determination, the Revolver Principal Debt shall never exceed the Revolver
Commitment.

4.2      TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY. Each Telecommunications Lender severally,
but not jointly, agrees to lend to Borrower such Lender's Commitment Percentage
of one or more Borrowings under the Telecommunications Facility not to exceed
such Telecommunications Lender's Committed Sum under the Telecommunications
Facility, which Borrowings may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time in
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents; provided that,
(a) each such Borrowing must occur on a Business Day and no later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the Termination Date for the
Telecommunications Facility; (b) on any date of determination, the
Telecommunications Principal Debt shall never exceed the Telecommunications
Commitment; (c) the proceeds of any Borrowing under the Telecommunications
Facility may only be used to finance a portion of the costs of the acquisition
or construction of Telecommunications Assets of Borrower or its Domestic
Subsidiaries; and (d) the amount of each such Borrowing (i) shall not exceed 80%
of the costs of the Telecommunications Assets being acquired or constructed with
the proceeds of such Borrowing and (ii) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or a
greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 if a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or
$1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $100,000 if a Base Rate Borrowing.

4.3

4.4      OPTIONAL RECEIVABLES FACILITY.

                  (a) At any time after the Closing Date, if no Default or
         Potential Default then exists or would arise as a result thereof,
         Borrower may request the consent of Lenders and Administrative Agent to
         the establishment of a Receivables Facility to replace and refinance in
         full the Telecommunications Facility and the outstanding Obligation
         arising thereunder. No Lender shall be obligated to consent to such
         request, and the consent by any Lender to such request shall not be
         deemed to be a commitment to lend under the Receivables Facility, which
         commitment shall only be made and evidenced in accordance with the
         procedures set forth in SECTION 2.3(b). Any consent by Lenders and
         Administrative Agent to the establishment of the Receivables Facility
         shall be expressly subject to the following: (i) the Receivables
         Principal Debt and the aggregate commitments of any Receivables Lender
         (committed in accordance with the procedures set forth in SECTION
         2.3(b)), shall not exceed the Maximum Receivables Commitment, but must
         be in an amount sufficient to repay the Telecommunications Facility in
         full; (ii) the initial Borrowing under the Receivables Facility shall
         repay the Telecommunications Facility in full, and the
         Telecommunications Commitment shall be automatically terminated as a
         result thereof; (iii) the proceeds of any Borrowing under the
         Receivables Facility may only be used for the purposes set forth in
         SECTION 8.1(c); (iv) the portion of the Obligation arising under the
         Receivables Facility may only be secured by certain accounts receivable
         of the Companies, and no other portion of the Collateral shall secure
         the Obligation arising under the Receivables Facility; (v) prior to the
         effectiveness of the Receivables Facility or any Borrowing thereunder,
         the Revolver Lenders,

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         Receivables Lenders, and Administrative Agent shall have entered into
         an intercreditor agreement with respect to the relative Rights of such
         parties in and to the Collateral consisting of accounts receivable,
         which intercreditor agreement must be acceptable in form and substance
         to Revolver Lenders and Administrative Agent, in their sole discretion;
         it being expressly understood that the consent of Revolver Lenders and
         Administrative Agent to the establishment of the Receivables Facility
         does not constitute an agreement by such parties to subordinate or
         release their Liens in and to any Collateral in favor of Receivables
         Lenders; (vi) such Maximum Receivables Commitment shall not terminate
         prior to the Termination Date of the Revolver Facility; and (vii)
         Borrower, Guarantors, Receivables Lenders, Revolver Lenders, and
         Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver additional Loan
         Documents to effect the terms and conditions of this SECTION 2.3(a),
         and to memorialize, among other things, the Receivables Facility, the
         Maximum Receivables Commitment, the standards for "eligibility" of
         accounts receivable, the respective Committed Sums of the Receivables
         Lenders under the Receivables Facility, the Collateral securing such
         Receivables Facility, the allocation and sharing of payments and
         prepayments of the Obligation between the Revolving Facility and the
         Receivables Facility, any fronting fees or other applicable fees
         payable in respect of such Receivables Facility, the effective date of
         such Receivables Facility, and such other terms and conditions of the
         Receivables Facility to which such parties may agree (collectively, the
         "RECEIVABLES CREDIT DOCUMENTS"), which Receivables Credit Documents
         must be in form and substance acceptable to Revolving Lenders and
         Administrative Agent.

                  (b) After the Lenders and Administrative Agent have consented
         in writing to the establishment of a Receivables Facility (but not
         their respective commitments thereunder) subject to the terms and
         conditions set forth in SECTION 2.3(a), then Borrower shall deliver to
         Administrative Agent a RECEIVABLES COMMITMENT REQUEST (herein so
         called), together with such other pro forma financial information,
         information with respect to accounts receivable, and other information
         as Administrative Agent and Lenders may request. Each Lender interested
         in making a commitment to lend under the Receivables Facility shall
         notify the Administrative Agent and Borrower of its intent to so commit
         and the maximum amount of its proposed commitment to lend (a
         "RECEIVABLES COMMITMENT NOTICE"). If the Receivables Commitment Notices
         received by Borrower result in aggregate commitments from Lenders of
         less than the Maximum Receivables Commitment, then Borrower shall have
         the right to add one or more financial institutions (which institution
         must satisfy the requirements of an "ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE") as Receivables
         Lenders (as used in this Section, a "NEW LENDER"). Each Lender and New
         Lender which submit a commitment to lend under the Receivables Facility
         shall become a Receivables Lender under this Agreement by execution of
         the Receivables Credit Documents.

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4.5      TERMINATION OF COMMITMENTS.

4.6

                  (a) Voluntary Commitment Reduction. Without premium or
         penalty, and upon giving not less than three (3) Business Days prior
         written and irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, Borrower may
         terminate in whole or in part the unused portion of the Revolver
         Commitment, the Telecommunications Commitment, or the Maximum
         Receivables Commitment (to the extent available hereunder); provided
         that: (i) each partial termination shall be in an amount of not less
         than $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000; (ii) on
         any date of determination, the amount of the Revolver Commitment may
         not be reduced below the Revolver Principal Debt, the
         Telecommunications Commitment may not be reduced below the
         Telecommunications Principal Debt, and the Maximum Receivables
         Commitment (to the extent available hereunder) may not be reduced below
         the Receivables Principal Debt; and (iii) each reduction of the
         commitments under any Facility pursuant to this SECTION 2.4 shall be
         allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in accordance with
         their respective Commitment Percentages under such Facility. Promptly
         after receipt of such notice of termination or reduction,
         Administrative Agent shall notify each affected Lender of the proposed
         cancellation or reduction. Such termination or partial reduction of any
         commitment under a Facility shall be effective on the Business Day
         specified in Borrower's notice (which date must be at least five
         Business Days after Borrower's delivery of such notice). In the event
         that the Total Commitment is reduced to zero at a time when there shall
         be no Principal Debt, this Agreement shall be terminated to the extent
         specified in SECTION 13.14, and all commitment fees and other fees then
         earned and unpaid hereunder and all other amounts of the Obligation
         then due and owing shall be immediately due and payable, without notice
         or demand by Administrative Agent or any Lender.

                  (b) Mandatory Commitment Reductions/Prepayments. Until such
         time as the Principal Debt has been repaid in full and the Total
         Commitment has been fully terminated or canceled, the Total Commitment
         shall be permanently reduced, in the amounts and upon the occurrence of
         the following events:

                           (i)   Concurrently with any Debt Issuance of
                  Subordinated Debt (other than Debt Issuances of Borrower which
                  individually or when aggregated have a principal amount not to
                  exceed $300,000,000) by any Company occurring prior to the
                  First Qualifying Date, the Total Commitment shall be
                  permanently reduced, in the order and manner herein specified,
                  in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds realized
                  by any Company from such Debt Issuance; provided that, on and
                  after the First Qualifying Date, if a Default exists or arises
                  immediately after giving effect to any Debt Issuance, then
                  notwithstanding the provisions of this SECTION 2.4(b)(i),
                  Borrower shall make the Total Commitment reductions required
                  in SECTION 2.4(b)(iv).

                           (ii)  Concurrently with any Equity Issuance by any
                  Company occurring prior to the First Qualifying Date, the
                  Total Commitment shall be permanently reduced, in the order
                  and manner herein specified, by an amount equal to 100% of the
                  Net Cash Proceeds realized by any Company from such Equity
                  Issuance; provided that, if a Default exists or arises
                  immediately after giving effect to any Equity Issuance, then
                  notwithstanding the provisions of this SECTION 2.4(c)(II),
                  Borrower shall make the mandatory Total Commitment reductions
                  required in SECTION 2.4(b)(IV).

                           (iii) If any portion of the Net Cash Proceeds
                  realized by any Company from any Significant Sale (including
                  any deferred purchase price therefor and any Net Cash

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                  Proceeds of any asset disposition which constitutes a
                  Significant Sale as a result of aggregation with other asset
                  dispositions in the same calendar year) has not been
                  reinvested in Telecommunications Assets of the Companies
                  within 255 days from the receipt by any Company of such Net
                  Cash Proceeds (including receipt of any deferred payments for
                  any such Significant Sale or portion thereof, if and when
                  received) and if no Default or Potential Default exists or
                  arises as a result of any such Significant Sale, then on the
                  255th day after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Total
                  Commitment shall be permanently reduced, in the order and
                  manner specified herein, by an amount equal to 100% of all
                  such Net Cash Proceeds not reinvested in Telecommunications
                  Assets of the Companies.

                           (iv)  At any time a Default exists or arises after
                  giving effect to any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance, or
                  any Significant Sale, then, concurrently with such Debt
                  Issuance, Equity Issuance, or Significant Sale (including any
                  asset disposition which constitutes a Significant Sale as a
                  result of aggregation with other asset dispositions in the
                  same calendar year), the Total Commitment shall be permanently
                  reduced by an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds
                  realized by such Company from any such Debt Issuance, Equity
                  Issuance, or Significant Sale.

                           (v)   If any Company is required to apply (or offer
                  to apply) any Net Cash Proceeds from any sale of assets (even
                  if such sale is not a Significant Sale) to repayment of any
                  Debt other than the Obligation, unless such Company pays or
                  commits to pay all or a part of such Net Cash Proceeds to
                  payment of the Obligation or reduction of the Total Commitment
                  on or prior to a particular date, then at least fifteen (15)
                  days prior to the date such repayment or offer of repayment is
                  required to be made on such other Debt, such Company shall
                  permanently reduce the Total Commitment and/or make a
                  mandatory prepayment of the Principal Debt by an amount equal
                  to the amount that will excuse the Company from making such
                  repayment or offer of repayment under such other Debt.

                  (c) Application of Reductions. Each commitment reduction under
         SECTION 2.4(b) shall be applied to the Total Commitment ratably to the
         Revolver Commitment and to the Telecommunications Commitment (for
         purposes hereof, "ratably" shall mean the proportion in which the
         Revolver Commitment or Telecommunications Commitment (as the case may
         be) bears to Total Commitment). All commitment reductions for the
         Revolver Facility, or the Telecommunications Facility, as applicable,
         shall be applied ratably among the Lenders under such Facility in the
         proportion that each Lender's Committed Sum under the applicable
         Facility bears to the sum of the Committed Sums of all Lenders under
         such Facility on any date of determination.

                  (d) Ratable Allocation of Commitment Reductions. At the time
         of any commitment reduction under any Facility pursuant to SECTION
         2.4(c), Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the account of
         the Lenders under such Facility, as applicable, any amounts that may
         then be due under SECTION 3.2(c), the commitment under such Facility
         shall be reduced by the amount of such payment, and the Committed Sum
         of each Lender under such Facility shall be ratably reduced by the
         amount of such payment.

1.1 BORROWING PROCEDURE. The following procedures apply to Borrowings:

1.2

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                  (a) Borrowing Request. Each Borrowing shall be made on
         Borrower's notice (a "NOTICE OF BORROWING," substantially in the form
         of EXHIBIT B-1) to Administrative Agent requesting that Lenders fund a
         Borrowing on a certain date (the "BORROWING DATE"), which notice (i)
         shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower, (ii) shall specify the
         Facility or Facilities under which such Borrowing is being made, (iii)
         shall specify the Borrowing Date, amount, Type, and (for a Borrowing
         comprised of Eurodollar Rate Borrowings) Interest Period, (iv) must be
         received by Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas
         time on the third Business Day preceding the Borrowing Date for any
         Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or on the Business Day immediately preceding
         the Borrowing Date for any Base Rate Borrowing; and (v) with respect to
         each Borrowing under the Telecommunications Facility, shall identify
         the Telecommunications Assets which have been or are being acquired in
         part or constructed in part with the proceeds of such Borrowing (the
         "FINANCED ASSETS"), detailing the total costs of such Financed Assets,
         and providing all invoices or other information relative to the
         Financed Assets as Administrative Agent may request; and (vi) with
         respect to each Borrowing under the Receivables Facility (to the extent
         available hereunder), specifying such other matters as are required by
         the Receivables Credit Documents. Administrative Agent shall timely
         notify each Lender with respect to each Notice of Borrowing.

                  (b) Funding. Each Lender shall remit its Commitment Percentage
         for the relevant Facility of each requested Borrowing to Administrative
         Agent's principal office in Dallas, Texas, in funds which are or will
         be available for immediate use by Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m.
         Dallas time on the Borrowing Date. Subject to receipt of such funds,
         Administrative Agent shall (unless to its actual knowledge any of the
         conditions precedent therefor have not been satisfied by Borrower or
         waived by the requisite Lenders under SECTION 13.11) make such funds
         available to Borrower by causing such funds to be deposited to
         Borrower's account as designated to Administrative Agent by Borrower.

                  (c) Funding Assumed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless
         Administrative Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to a
         Borrowing Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to
         Administrative Agent such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the
         requested Borrowing available to Administrative Agent on the applicable
         Borrowing Date, Administrative Agent may assume that each Lender has
         made its Commitment Percentage of the requested Borrowing available to
         Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing Date, and
         Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall
         not be required to), make available to Borrower a corresponding amount.
         If a Lender fails to make its Commitment Percentage of any requested
         Borrowing available to Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing
         Date, Administrative Agent may recover the applicable amount on demand,
         (i) from that Lender together with interest, commencing on the
         Borrowing Date and ending on (but excluding) the date Administrative
         Agent recovers the amount from that Lender, at an annual interest rate
         equal to the Federal-Funds Rate, or (ii) if that Lender fails to pay
         its amount upon demand, then from Borrower. No Lender is responsible
         for the failure of any other Lender to make its Commitment Percentage
         of any Borrowing available as required by SECTION 2.5(b); however,
         failure of any Lender to make its Commitment Percentage of any
         Borrowing so available does not excuse any other Lender from making its
         Commitment Percentage of any Borrowing so available.

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1 SECTION TERMS OF PAYMENT.

2

2.1      NOTES AND PAYMENTS.

                  (a) Notes. The Principal Debt owed to each Lender shall be
         evidenced by one or more of the following Notes (as the case may be):
         (i) a Revolver Note (with respect to Revolver Principal Debt); (ii) a
         Telecommunications Note (with respect to the Telecommunications
         Principal Debt); and, if applicable, (iii) a Receivables Note (with
         respect to the Receivables Principal Debt).

                  (b) Payment. All payments of principal, interest, and other
         amounts to be made by Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
         Documents shall be made to Administrative Agent at its principal office
         in Dallas, Texas in Dollars and in funds which are or will be available
         for immediate use by Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. Dallas, Texas
         time on the day due, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim.
         Payments made after 2:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas, time shall be deemed made
         on the Business Day next following. Administrative Agent shall pay to
         each Lender any payment of principal, interest, or other amount to
         which such Lender is entitled hereunder on the same day Administrative
         Agent shall have received the same from Borrower; provided such payment
         is received by Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas
         time, and otherwise before 2:00 p.m. Dallas, Texas time on the Business
         Day next following.

                  (c) Payment Assumed. Unless Administrative Agent has received
         notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due
         under this Agreement that Borrower will not make that payment in full,
         Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made the full payment
         due and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon that assumption,
         cause to be distributed to the appropriate Lender on that date the
         amount then due to such Lenders. If and to the extent Borrower does not
         make the full payment due to Administrative Agent, each Lender shall
         repay to Administrative Agent on demand the amount distributed to that
         Lender by Administrative Agent together with interest for each day from
         the date that Lender received payment from Administrative Agent until
         the date that Lender repays Administrative Agent (unless such repayment
         is made on the same day as such distribution), at an annual interest
         rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate.

1.1      INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS.

1.2

                  (a) Interest. Accrued interest on each Eurodollar Rate
         Borrowing is due and payable on the last day of its respective Interest
         Period and on the Termination Date for the applicable Facility;
         provided that, if any Interest Period is greater than three months,
         then accrued interest shall also be due and payable at the end of each
         three-month period occurring after the commencement of such Interest
         Period until such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is paid or converted.
         Accrued interest on each Base Rate Borrowing shall be due and payable
         as it accrues on each March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31,
         and on the Termination Date for the applicable Facility.

                  (b) Principal Debt. Principal Debt outstanding under each
         Facility is due and payable on the Termination Date for the applicable
         Facility.

                  (c) Mandatory Prepayments. On any date of determination (i) if
         the Revolver Principal Debt exceeds the Revolver Commitment, (ii) if
         the Telecommunications Principal Debt exceeds the Telecommunications
         Commitment, (iii) if the Receivables Principal Debt exceeds the Maximum
         Receivables Commitment, or (iv) if the Principal Debt exceeds the Total
         Commitment, then

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         Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Principal Debt
         arising under the affected Facility, in at least the amount of such
         excess, together with (x) all accrued and unpaid interest on the
         principal amount so prepaid and (y) any Consequential Loss arising as a
         result thereof. All mandatory commitment reductions or prepayments
         hereunder for each Facility shall be applied Pro Rata to each Lender's
         Committed Sum thereunder.

                  (d) Voluntary Prepayments. After giving Administrative Agent
         advance written notice of the intent to prepay, Borrower may
         voluntarily prepay all or any part of the Principal Debt from time to
         time and at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty;
         provided that: (i) such notice must be received by Administrative Agent
         by 12:00 noon Dallas, Texas time on (A) the third Business Day
         preceding the date of prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, and
         (B) the Business Day of a prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing; (ii)
         each such partial prepayment must be in a minimum amount of at least
         $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 thereof (if a
         Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a Base Rate Borrowing); (iii) all accrued
         interest on any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing being prepaid must also be
         paid in full, to the date of such prepayment; and (iv) Borrower shall
         pay any related Consequential Loss within ten (10) days after demand
         therefor. Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date,
         the Facility hereunder being prepaid, and the Type of Borrowing(s) and
         amount(s) of such Borrowing(s) to be prepaid and shall constitute a
         binding obligation of Borrower to make a prepayment on the date stated
         therein.

1.1      INTEREST OPTIONS. Except that the Eurodollar Rate may not be selected
where a Default or Potential Default exists and except where specifically
otherwise provided, Borrowings shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the lesser of (a) as to the respective Type of Borrowing (as designated by
Borrower in accordance with this Agreement), the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin for Base Rate Borrowings for the applicable Facility or the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings for
the applicable Facility, and (b) the Maximum Rate. Each change in the Base Rate
or the Maximum Rate, subject to the terms of this Agreement, will become
effective, without notice to Borrower or any other Person, upon the effective
date of such change.

1.2

1.3      QUOTATION OF RATES. It is hereby acknowledged that a Responsible
Officer or other appropriately designated employees of Borrower may call
Administrative Agent on or before the date on which a Notice of Borrowing is to
be delivered by Borrower in order to receive an indication of the rates then in
effect, but such indicated rates shall neither be binding upon Administrative
Agent or Lenders nor affect the rate of interest which thereafter is actually in
effect when the Notice of Borrowing is given.

1.4

1.5      DEFAULT RATE. At the option of Required Lenders and to the extent
permitted by Law, all past-due Principal Debt and accrued interest thereon shall
bear interest from maturity (stated or by acceleration) at the Default Rate
until paid, regardless whether such payment is made before or after entry of a
judgment.

1.6

1.7      INTEREST RECAPTURE. If the designated rate applicable to any Borrowing
exceeds the Maximum Rate, the rate of interest on such Borrowing shall be
limited to the Maximum Rate, but any subsequent reductions in such designated
rate shall not reduce the rate of interest thereon below the Maximum Rate until
the total amount of interest accrued thereon equals the amount of interest which
would have accrued thereon if such designated rate had at all times been in
effect. In the event that at maturity (stated or by acceleration), or at final
payment of the Principal Debt, the total amount of interest paid or accrued is
less than the amount of interest which would have accrued if such designated
rates had at all times been in effect, then, at such time and to the extent
permitted by Law, Borrower shall pay an amount equal to the difference between
(a) the lesser of the amount of interest which would have accrued if such
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rates had at all times been in effect and the amount of interest which would
have accrued if the Maximum Rate had at all times been in effect, and (b) the
amount of interest actually paid or accrued on the Principal Debt.

1.1      INTEREST CALCULATIONS. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
elapsed but computed as if each calendar year consisted of 360 days in the case
of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing (unless such calculation would result in the
interest on the Borrowings exceeding the Maximum Rate, in which event such
interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be), and 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in the case of a Base
Rate Borrowing. All interest rate determinations and calculations by
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

1.1      MAXIMUM RATE. Regardless of any provision contained in any Loan
Document, neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall ever be entitled to
contract for, charge, take, reserve, receive, or apply, as interest on all or
any part of the Obligation, any amount in excess of the Maximum Rate, and, if
Lenders ever do so, then such excess shall be deemed a partial prepayment of
principal and treated hereunder as such and any remaining excess shall be
refunded to Borrower. In determining if the interest paid or payable exceeds the
Maximum Rate, Borrower and Lenders shall, to the maximum extent permitted under
applicable Law, (a) treat all Borrowings as but a single extension of credit
(and Lenders and Borrower agree that such is the case and that provision herein
for multiple Borrowings is for convenience only), (b) characterize any
nonprincipal payment as an expense, fee, or premium rather than as interest, (c)
exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (d) amortize,
prorate, allocate, and spread the total amount of interest throughout the entire
contemplated term of the Obligation; provided that, if the Obligation is paid
and performed in full prior to the end of the full contemplated term thereof,
and if the interest received for the actual period of existence thereof exceeds
the Maximum Amount, Lenders shall refund such excess, and, in such event,
Lenders shall not, to the extent permitted by Law, be subject to any penalties
provided by any Laws for contracting for, charging, taking, reserving, or
receiving interest in excess of the Maximum Amount. If the Laws of the State of
Texas are applicable for purposes of determining the "Maximum Rate" or the
"Maximum Amount," then those terms mean the "weekly ceiling" from time to time
in effect under Texas Finance Code ss. 303.305, as amended. Borrower agrees that
Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code, as amended (which regulates certain
revolving credit loan accounts and revolving tri-party accounts), does not apply
to the Obligation.

1.2

1.3      INTEREST PERIODS. When Borrower requests any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing,
Borrower may elect the interest period (each an "INTEREST PERIOD") applicable
thereto, which shall be, at Borrower's option, one, two, three, or six months,
or other periods requested by Borrower to the extent available from all Lenders;
provided, however, that: (a) the initial Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of
any conversion thereto), and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in
respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding
Interest Period applicable thereto expires; (b) if any Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing begins on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding Business Day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period, such Interest Period shall end on the next Business Day immediately
following what otherwise would have been such numerically corresponding day in
the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period (unless such date would be
in a different calendar month from what would have been the month at the end of
such Interest Period, or unless there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of the Interest Period; whereupon, such Interest
Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period); (c) no Interest Period may be chosen with respect to any
portion of the Principal Debt which would extend beyond the scheduled repayment
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prepayments are required to be made) for such portion of the Principal Debt; and
(d) no more than an aggregate of five (5) Interest Periods shall be in effect at
one time.

1.4

1.5      CONVERSIONS. Borrower may (a) convert a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing on
the last day of an Interest Period to a Base Rate Borrowing, (b) convert a Base
Rate Borrowing at any time to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, and (c) elect a new
Interest Period (in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing), by giving notice
(a "NOTICE OF CONVERSION," substantially in the form of EXHIBIT B-2) of such
intent no later than 10:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas time on the third Business Day
prior to the date of conversion or the last day of the Interest Period, as the
case may be (in the case of a conversion to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or an
election of a new Interest Period), and no later than 10:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas
time one Business Day prior to the last day of the Interest Period (in the case
of a conversion to a Base Rate Borrowing); provided that, the principal amount
converted to, or continued as, a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be in an amount
not less than $5,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or such
lesser amount as may be outstanding under the applicable Facility).
Administrative Agent shall timely notify each Lender with respect to each Notice
of Conversion. Absent Borrower's Notice of Conversion or election of a new
Interest Period, a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be deemed converted to a Base
Rate Borrowing effective as of the expiration of the Interest Period applicable
thereto. No Eurodollar Rate Borrowing may be either made or continued as a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, and no Base Rate Borrowing may be converted to a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, after the occurrence of a Default or if the interest
rate for such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing would exceed the Maximum Rate. The Right
to convert from a Base Rate Borrowing to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall not
be available during the occurrence of a Default or Potential Default.

1.1      ORDER OF APPLICATION.

1.2

                  (a) No Default. Payments and prepayments of the Obligation
         shall be applied in the order and manner specified in this Agreement;
         provided, however, if no order is otherwise specified and no Default or
         Potential Default has occurred and is continuing, payments and
         prepayments of the Obligation shall be applied first to fees, second to
         accrued interest then due and payable on the Principal Debt, and then
         to the remaining Obligation in the order and manner as Borrower may
         direct.

                  (b) Default. If a Default or Potential Default has occurred
         and is continuing (or if Borrower fails to give directions as permitted
         under SECTION 3.11(a)), any payment or prepayment (including proceeds
         from the exercise of any Rights) shall be applied to the Obligation in
         the following order: (i) to the ratable payment of all fees, expenses,
         and indemnities for which Agents or Lenders have not been paid or
         reimbursed in accordance with the Loan Documents (as used in this
         SECTION 3.11(b)(i), a "ratable payment" for any Lender or any Agent
         shall be, on any date of determination, that proportion which the
         portion of the total fees, expenses, and indemnities owed to such
         Lender or such Agent bears to the total aggregate fees and indemnities
         owed to all Lenders and Agents on such date of determination); (ii) to
         the ratable payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal
         Debt (as used in this SECTION 3.11(b)(ii), "ratable payment" means, for
         any Lender, on any date of determination, that proportion which the
         accrued and unpaid Principal Debt owed to such Lender bears to the
         total accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Debt owed to all
         Lenders); (iii) to the ratable payment of the Principal Debt (as used
         in this SECTION 3.11(b)(iii), "ratable payment" means for any Lender,
         on any date of determination, that proportion which the Principal Debt
         owed to such Lender bears to the Principal Debt owed to all Lenders;
         and (iv) to the payment of the remaining Obligation in the order and
         manner Required Lenders deem appropriate.

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Subject to the provisions of SECTION 12 and provided that Administrative Agent
shall not in any event be bound to inquire into or to determine the validity,
scope, or priority of any interest or entitlement of any Lender and may suspend
all payments or seek appropriate relief (including, without limitation,
instructions from Required Lenders or an action in the nature of interpleader)
in the event of any doubt or dispute as to any apportionment or distribution
contemplated hereby, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such amounts
to each Lender in accordance with the Agreement and the related Loan Documents.

1.1      SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If any Revolver Lender or Telecommunications
Lender shall obtain any payment or prepayment with respect to the Obligation
(whether voluntary, involuntary, or otherwise, including, without limitation, as
a result of exercising its Rights under SECTION 3.13) which is in excess of its
share of any such payment, then such Lender shall purchase from the other
Lenders such participations as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing
Lender to share the excess payment with each other Revolver Lender or
Telecommunications Lender, as applicable. If all or any portion of such excess
payment is subsequently recovered from such purchasing Lender, then the purchase
shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery. Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from
another Lender pursuant to this Section may, to the fullest extent permitted by
Law, exercise all of its Rights of payment (including the Right of offset) with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct
creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation.

1.2

1.3      OFFSET. If a Default exists, each Lender shall be entitled to exercise
(for the benefit of all Lenders in accordance with SECTION 3.12) the Rights of
offset and/or banker's Lien against each and every account and other property,
or any interest therein, which Borrower or any Guarantor may now or hereafter
have with, or which is now or hereafter in the possession of, such Lender to the
extent of the full amount of the Obligation.

1.4

1.5      BOOKING BORROWINGS. To the extent permitted by Law, any Lender may
make, carry, or transfer its Borrowings at, to, or for the account of any of its
branch offices or the office of any of its Affiliates; provided that, no
Affiliate shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under SECTION 4 than
the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to such
Borrowings.

1 SECTION CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.

2

2.1      INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN.

2.2

                  (a) Changes in Law. If, after the date hereof, the adoption of
         any applicable Law or any change in any applicable Law or any change in
         the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
         Authority, or compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending
         Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force
         of law) of any such Governmental Authority:

                           (i)   shall subject such Lender (or its Applicable
                  Lending Office) to any Tax or other charge with respect to any
                  Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, its Notes, or its obligation to
                  loan Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, or change the basis of
                  taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender (or its
                  Applicable Lending Office) under the Loan Documents in respect
                  of any Eurodollar Rate Borrowings (other than taxes imposed on
                  the overall net income of such Lender by the jurisdiction in
                  which such Lender has its principal office or such Applicable
                  Lending Office);

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                           (ii)  shall impose, modify, or deem applicable any
                  reserve, special deposit, assessment, or similar requirement
                  (other than the Reserve Requirement utilized in the
                  determination of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate) relating to any
                  extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with
                  or other liabilities or commitments of, such Lender (or its
                  Applicable Lending Office), including the commitment of such
                  Lender hereunder; or

                           (iii) shall impose on such Lender (or its Applicable
                  Lending Office) or the London interbank market any other
                  condition affecting this Agreement or its Notes or any of such
                  extensions of credit or liabilities or commitments; and the
                  result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such
                  Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making,
                  converting into, continuing, or maintaining any Eurodollar
                  Rate Borrowings or to reduce any sum received or receivable by
                  such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) under the Loan
                  Documents with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then
                  Borrower shall pay to such Lender on demand such amount or
                  amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost
                  or reduction. If any Lender requests compensation by Borrower
                  under this SECTION 4.1(a), Borrower may, by notice to such
                  Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), suspend the
                  obligation of such Lender to loan or continue Borrowings of
                  the Type with respect to which such compensation is requested,
                  or to convert Borrowings of any other Type into Borrowings of
                  such Type, until the event or condition giving rise to such
                  request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions
                  of SECTION 4.4 shall be applicable); provided, that such
                  suspension shall not affect the Right of such Lender to
                  receive the compensation so requested.

                  (a) Capital Adequacy. If, after the date hereof, any Lender
         shall have determined that the adoption of any applicable Law regarding
         capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation or
         administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
         interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive
         regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of
         any such Governmental Authority has or would have the effect of
         reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any
         corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender's
         obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such
         corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request,
         or directive (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
         capital adequacy), then from time to time upon demand Borrower shall
         pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
         such Lender for such reduction.

                  (b) Changes in Applicable Lending Office. Compensation
         Statement. Each Lender shall promptly notify Borrower and
         Administrative Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring
         after the date hereof, which will entitle such Lender to compensation
         pursuant to this Section and will designate a different Applicable
         Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce
         the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the judgment of such
         Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to it. Any Lender claiming
         compensation under this Section shall furnish to Borrower and
         Administrative Agent a statement setting forth the additional amount or
         amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the
         absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender may
         use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

1.1      LIMITATION ON TYPES OF LOANS. If on or prior to the first day of any
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:

1.2

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                  (a) Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate. Administrative
         Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by
         reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
         reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for
         such Interest Period; or

                  (b) Cost of Funds. Required Lenders determine (which
         determination shall be conclusive) and notify Administrative Agent that
         the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the
         cost to the Lenders of funding Eurodollar Rate Borrowings for such
         Interest Period;

then Administrative Agent shall give Borrower prompt notice thereof specifying
the relevant amounts or periods, and so long as such condition remains in
effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to fund additional Eurodollar
Rate Borrowings, continue Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, or to convert Base Rate
Borrowings into Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, and Borrower shall, on the last
day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for the outstanding Eurodollar
Rate Borrowings, either prepay such Borrowings or convert such Borrowings into
Base Rate Borrowings in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

1.1      ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Loan Documents,
in the event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its Applicable Lending
Office to make, maintain, or fund Eurodollar Rate Borrowings hereunder, then
such Lender shall promptly notify Borrower thereof and such Lender's obligation
to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Borrowings and to convert other Base Rate
Borrowings into Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be suspended until such time as
such Lender may again make, maintain, and fund Eurodollar Rate Borrowings (in
which case the provisions of SECTION 4.4 shall be applicable).

1.2

1.3      TREATMENT OF AFFECTED LOANS. If the obligation of any Lender to fund
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings or to continue, or to convert Base Rate Borrowings
into Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, shall be suspended pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1,
4.2, or 4.3 hereof, such Lender's Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be
automatically converted into Base Rate Borrowings on the last day(s) of the then
current Interest Period(s) for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings (or, in the case of a
conversion required by SECTION 4.3 hereof, on such earlier date as such Lender
may specify to Borrower with a copy to Administrative Agent) and, unless and
until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances
specified in SECTIONS 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 hereof that gave rise to such conversion
no longer exist:

1.4

                  (a) to the extent that such Lender's Eurodollar Rate
         Borrowings have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of
         principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender's Eurodollar
         Rate Borrowings shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Borrowings;
         and

                  (b) all Borrowings that would otherwise be made or continued
         by such Lender as Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be made or continued
         instead as Base Rate Borrowings, and all Borrowings of such Lender that
         would otherwise be converted into Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be
         converted instead into (or shall remain as) Base Rate Borrowings.

If such Lender gives notice to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent)
that the circumstances specified in SECTIONS 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 hereof that gave
rise to the conversion of such Lender's Eurodollar Rate Borrowings pursuant to
this SECTION 4.4 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon
such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurodollar Rate Borrowings
made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender's Base Rate Borrowings shall
be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest
Period(s) for such outstanding Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, to the extent
necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Eurodollar Rate Borrowings
held by the

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Lenders and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types,
and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

1.1      COMPENSATION. Upon the request of any Lender, Borrower shall pay to
such Lender such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable
opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost, or expense
(including loss of anticipated profits) incurred by it as a result of:

1.2

                  (a) any payment, prepayment, or conversion of a Eurodollar
         Rate Borrowing for any reason (including, without limitation, the
         acceleration of the loan pursuant to SECTION 11.1) on a date other than
         the last day of the Interest Period for such Borrowing; or

                  (b) any failure by Borrower for any reason (including, without
         limitation, the failure of any condition precedent specified in SECTION
         7.3 to be satisfied) to borrow, convert, continue, or prepay a
         Eurodollar Rate Borrowing on the date for such borrowing, conversion,
         continuation, or prepayment specified in the relevant notice of
         borrowing, prepayment, continuation, or conversion under this
         Agreement.

1.1      TAXES.

1.2

                  (a) General. Any and all payments by Borrower to or for the
         account of any Lender or Administrative Agent hereunder or under any
         other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without
         deduction for any and all present or future Taxes, excluding, in the
         case of each Lender and Administrative Agent, Taxes imposed on its
         income and franchise Taxes imposed on it by the jurisdiction under the
         Laws of which such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or
         Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized, or in which its
         principal office is located, or any political subdivision thereof. If
         Borrower shall be required by Law to deduct any Taxes from or in
         respect of any sum payable under this Agreement or any other Loan
         Document to any Lender or Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable
         shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required
         deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
         under this SECTION 4.6) such Lender or Administrative Agent receives an
         amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions
         been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) Borrower
         shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority
         or other authority in accordance with applicable Law, and (iv) Borrower
         shall furnish to Administrative Agent, at its address listed in
         SCHEDULE 2.1, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing
         payment thereof.

                  (b) Stamp and Documentary Taxes. In addition, Borrower agrees
         to pay any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any
         other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise
         from any payment made under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
         or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to,
         this Agreement or any other Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as
         "OTHER TAXES").

                  (c) Indemnification for Taxes. Borrower agrees to indemnify
         each Lender and Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes and
         Other Taxes which Borrower is obligated to pay under this Section 4.6
         (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
         asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this SECTION 4.6)
         paid by such Lender or Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and
         any liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising
         therefrom or with respect thereto.

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                  (d) Withholding Tax Forms. Each Lender organized under the
         laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on or prior to the
         date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of
         each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof and on or prior to the
         date on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and
         from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by Borrower or
         Administrative Agent (but only so long as such Lender remains lawfully
         able to do so), shall provide Borrower and Administrative Agent with
         (i) Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, as appropriate, or any
         successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying
         that such Lender is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to
         which the United States is a party which reduces the rate of
         withholding Tax on payments of interest or certifying that the income
         receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively connected with the
         conduct of a trade or business in the United States, (ii) Internal
         Revenue Service Form W8 or W9, as appropriate, or any successor form
         prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, and (iii) any other form or
         certificate required by any taxing authority (including any certificate
         required by Sections 871(h) and 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code),
         certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from or a
         reduced rate of tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or any of
         the other Loan Documents. Each Lender which so delivers a Form W-8,
         Form 1001, or Form 4224 further undertakes to deliver to Borrower and
         Administrative Agent additional forms (or a successor form) on or
         before the date such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the
         occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so
         delivered by it, in each case certifying that such Lender is entitled
         to receive payments from Borrower under any Loan Document without
         deduction or withholding (or at a reduced rate of deduction or
         withholding) of any United States federal income taxes, unless an event
         (including without limitation any change in treaty, law, or regulation)
         has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would
         otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or
         which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any
         such form with respect to it and such Lender advises Borrower and
         Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving such payments
         without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income
         Tax.

                  (e) Failure to Provide Withholding Forms; Changes in Tax Laws.
         For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide
         Borrower and Administrative Agent with the appropriate form pursuant to
         SECTION 4.6(d) (unless such failure is due to a change in Law occurring
         subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be
         provided), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under
         SECTION 4.6(a) or 4.6(b) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United
         States; provided, however, that should a Lender, which is otherwise
         exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding Tax, become
         subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required
         hereunder, Borrower shall take such steps as such Lender shall
         reasonably request to assist such Lender to recover such Taxes.

                  (f) Changes in Applicable Lending Office. If Borrower is
         required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Lender
         pursuant to this SECTION 4.6, then such Lender will agree to use
         reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending
         Office so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which
         may thereafter accrue if such change, in the judgment of such Lender,
         is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

                  (g) Tax Payment Receipt. Within thirty (30) days after the
         date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower shall furnish to Administrative
         Agent, promptly upon request by Administrative Agent, the original or a
         certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment.

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                  (h) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other
         agreement of Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of
         Borrower contained in this SECTION 4.6 shall survive the termination of
         the Total Commitment and the payment in full of the Obligation.

1 SECTION FEES.

2

2.1      TREATMENT OF FEES. Except as otherwise provided by Law, the fees
described in this SECTION 5: (a) do not constitute compensation for the use,
detention, or forbearance of money, (b) are in addition to, and not in lieu of,
interest and expenses otherwise described in the Loan Documents, (c) shall be
payable in accordance with SECTION 3.1, (d) shall be non-refundable, (e) shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by Law, bear interest, if not paid when due, at
the Default Rate, and (f) shall be calculated on the basis of actual number of
days (including the first day but excluding the last day) elapsed, but computed
as if each calendar year consisted of 360 days, unless such computation would
result in interest being computed in excess of the Maximum Rate in which event
such computation shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be.

1.1      FEES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND ARRANGING AGENTS. Borrower shall pay
to (a) Administrative Agent, the fees described in that certain separate letter
agreement dated as of December 2, 1999, between Borrower and Administrative
Agent; and (b) each Arranging Agent, the fees specified in the letter dated
December 2, 1999, between Arranging Agents and Borrower, which fee payments
shall be made on the dates specified, and in amounts calculated in accordance
with, such letter agreement.

1.2

1.3      REVOLVER FACILITY COMMITMENT FEES. Following the Closing Date, Borrower
shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of Lenders, a
commitment fee, payable in installments in arrears, on each March 31, June 30,
September 30, and December 31 and on the Termination Date of each Facility;
commencing March 31, 2000. Each installment shall be, in an amount equal to the
amount by which (a) the sum of the average daily Total Commitment exceeds (b)
the average daily Principal Debt, in each case during the period from and
including the last payment date to and excluding the payment date for such
installment multiplied by a percentage equal to (i) 1.250%, if the sum of the
average daily Principal Debt for such period is less than or equal to 33.0% of
the average daily Total Commitment for such period; (ii) 1.00%, if the average
daily Principal Debt during such period is greater than 33.0% of the average
daily Total Commitment during said period, but less than or equal to 67.0% of
the average daily Total Commitment during such period; and (iii).750%, if the
average daily Principal Debt during such period is greater than 67.0% of the
average daily Total Commitment during such period; provided that, each such
installment of commitment fees shall be calculated in accordance with SECTION
5.1(f). Solely for the purposes of this SECTION 5.3, "ratable" shall mean, for
any period of determination, with respect to any Lender, that proportion which
(x) the sum of the average daily unused Committed Sums of such Lender under all
Facilities during such period bears to (y) the average daily unused Total
Commitment during such period.

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1 SECTION. SECURITY; GUARANTIES.

1.1      COLLATERAL.

1.2

                  (a) On the Closing Date, to secure full and complete payment
         and performance of the Obligation arising under the Revolver Facility
         and the Telecommunications Facility, Borrower shall (and shall cause
         each other Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower to) enter
         into Collateral Documents (in form and substance satisfactory to
         Administrative Agent), pursuant to which, among other things, each such
         entity shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, grant, pledge,
         assign, and create first priority Liens in favor of Administrative
         Agent (for the ratable benefit of Lenders) in and to each such entity's
         Rights, titles, and interests in (i) 100% of the issued and outstanding
         stock or other equity or investment securities of each Domestic
         Subsidiary of such entity; and (ii) 65% of the issued and outstanding
         stock or other equity or investment securities of each directly-owned
         Foreign Subsidiary of such entity.

                  (b) On or prior to February 15, 2000, to secure full and
         complete payment of the Obligation arising under the Revolver Facility
         and the Telecommunications Facility, Borrower shall (and shall cause
         each other Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower to) enter
         into Collateral Documents (in form and substance satisfactory to
         Administrative Agent), pursuant to which, among other things, each such
         entity shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, grant, pledge,
         assign, and create first priority Liens in favor of Administrative
         Agent (for the ratable benefit of Lenders) in and to all assets of each
         Company to the extent Liens in such assets (other than fixtures) are
         capable of being perfected by possession or the filing of financing
         statements pursuant to the UCC.

                  (c) Upon request of Administrative Agent or Lenders (which
         requests may be made from time to time), Borrower shall (or shall cause
         each other Company to), within a reasonably acceptable period of time,
         enter into additional Collateral Documents (in form and substance
         reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) creating Liens in
         favor of Administrative Agent in and to any domestic assets of the
         Companies (including, without limitation, fixtures and real property)
         to secure full and complete payment and performance of the Obligation
         arising under the Revolver Facility and the Telecommunications
         Facility.

                  (d) Nothing in this SECTION 6 shall be deemed to be a waiver
         of any Default or Potential Default existing on February 15, 2000, or
         on any date additional Collateral is requested pursuant to SECTIONS
         6.1(c), 6.3, or 6.5, or otherwise under the Loan Documents, or to limit
         or modify any Rights Administrative Agent or Lenders may have with
         respect to any such Default or Potential Default then existing.

1.1      GUARANTIES. As an inducement to Agents and Lenders to enter into this
Agreement, Borrower shall cause each Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary to
execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a Guaranty substantially in the form
and upon the terms of EXHIBIT C, providing for the guaranty of payment and
performance of the Obligation. In addition, promptly after the designation,
formation, or Acquisition of any new Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary of
Borrower, Borrower shall cause such new Company to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent a Guaranty substantially in the form and upon the terms of
EXHIBIT C, providing for the guaranty of payment and performance of the
Obligation.

1.2

1.3      FUTURE LIENS. Promptly after (a) the acquisition of any material assets
(real, personal, tangible, or intangible) by any Company, (b) the removal,
termination, or expiration of any prohibitions upon the

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granting of a Lien in any asset (real, personal, tangible, or intangible) of
Borrower, any Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary, or (c) upon the
designation, formation, or acquisition of any new Subsidiary (the assets and
stock of such new Subsidiary and the assets described in CLAUSES (a) and (c)
hereof are referred to herein as the "ADDITIONAL ASSETS"), Borrower shall (or
shall cause such other Company to) execute and deliver to Administrative Agent
all further instruments and documents (including, without limitation, Collateral
Documents and all certificates and instruments representing shares of stock or
evidencing Debt and any realty appraisals as Administrative Agent may require
with respect to any such Additional Assets), and shall take all further action
that may be necessary or desirable, or that Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, to grant, perfect, and protect Liens in favor of Administrative Agent
for the benefit of Lenders in such Additional Assets, as security for the
Obligation to the extent Liens are required in such assets pursuant to SECTION
6.1; it being expressly understood that the granting of such additional security
for the Obligation is a material inducement to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by each Lender. Upon satisfying the terms and conditions hereof,
such Additional Assets shall be included in the "COLLATERAL" for all purposes
under the Loan Documents, and all references to the "COLLATERAL" in the Loan
Documents shall include the Additional Assets.

1.1      RELEASE OF COLLATERAL.

1.2

                  (a) Upon any sale, transfer, or disposition of Collateral
         which is expressly permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents (or is
         otherwise authorized by Lenders), and upon ten (10) Business Days'
         prior written request by Borrower (which request must be accompanied by
         true and correct copies of (a) all documents of transfer or
         disposition, including any contract of sale, (b) a preliminary closing
         statement and instructions to the title company, if any, and (c) all
         requested release instruments), Administrative Agent shall (and is
         hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents
         as may be necessary to evidence the release of Liens granted to
         Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders pursuant hereto in such
         Collateral; provided that, (i) no such release of Lien shall be granted
         if any Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing,
         including, without limitation, the failure to make certain mandatory
         prepayments in accordance with SECTION 3.2(c) in conjunction with the
         sale or transfer of such Collateral; and (ii) Administrative Agent
         shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in
         Administrative Agent's opinion, would expose Administrative Agent to
         liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than
         the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty.

                  (b) All releases pursuant to this SECTION 6.4 shall not in any
         manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligation, or Liens upon (or
         obligations of any Company in respect of) all interests retained by the
         Companies, including (without limitation) the proceeds of any sale, all
         of which shall continue to constitute Collateral.

1.1      NEGATIVE PLEDGE. Until such time as Administrative Agent or Required
Lenders otherwise require, the Companies shall not be required (i) to perfect
Liens on any assets, other than those identified in SECTION 6.1, (ii) to grant
specific assignments of easements, licenses, permits, certificates of
compliance, and certificates of approval issued by regulatory authorities,
franchises, or like grants of authority or service agreements, or (iii)
notwithstanding the requirements of SECTION 6.1, to grant specific assignments
of the Companies Rights under contracts or agreements which expressly prohibit
such assignments, provided that, nothing herein shall be deemed a waiver of the
Lender's Rights to assert Liens in and to the proceeds of such contracts or
agreements. To the extent Administrative Agent and Required Lenders agree to
delay the perfection or attachment of any Lien granted pursuant to this SECTION
6, for whatever reason, the Companies hereby covenant and agree not to directly
create, incur, grant, suffer, or permit to be created or incurred any Lien on
any such assets, other than Permitted Liens.

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Furthermore, within 45 days of the request of Administrative Agent or Lenders
(whether pursuant to SECTION 6.1(c), this SECTION 6.5, or otherwise, Borrower
shall (or shall cause each Company to) execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent all instruments and documents (including, without limitation,
certificates and instruments and documents representing shares of stock or
evidencing Debt) and shall take all further action that may be necessary or
desirable, or that Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to grant,
perfect, and protect Liens in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of
Lenders, in such assets, as security for the Obligation; it being expressly
understood that the provisions of this negative pledge are a material
inducement to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Lender.

1.2

1.3      CONTROL; LIMITATION OF RIGHTS. Notwithstanding anything herein or in
any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) the transactions contemplated
hereby (i) do not and will not constitute, create, or have the effect of
constituting or creating, directly or indirectly, actual or practical ownership
of the Companies by Agents or Lenders, or control, affirmative or negative,
direct or indirect, by Agents or Lenders over the management or any other
aspect of the operation of the Companies, which ownership or control remains
exclusively and at all times in the Companies, and (ii) do not and will not
constitute the transfer, assignment, or disposition in any manner, voluntary or
involuntary, directly or indirectly, of any Authorization at any time issued by
the FCC or any PUC to the Companies, or the transfer of control of the
Companies within the meaning of Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended; and (b) Administrative Agent shall not, without first
obtaining the approval of the FCC or any applicable PUC, take any action
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that would constitute or
result in any assignment of any Authorization or any change of control of the
Companies, if such assignment or change of control would require, under then
existing Law (including the written rules and regulations promulgated by the
FCC or any such PUC), the prior approval of the FCC or any such PUC.

1SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

2

2.1      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING. This Agreement shall not become
effective, and Lenders shall not be obligated to advance any Borrowing, unless
Administrative Agent has received all of the agreements, documents,
instruments, and other items described on SCHEDULE 7.1.

1.1      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO A PERMITTED ACQUISITION. On or prior to the
consummation of any Acquisition, (whether or not the purchase price for such
Acquisition, is funded by Borrowings), Borrower shall have satisfied the
conditions and delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Administrative Agent,
all documents and certificates set forth on SCHEDULE 7.2 by no later than the
dates specified for satisfaction of such conditions on SCHEDULE 7.2. Promptly
upon receipt of each Permitted Acquisition Compliance Certificate, and each
Permitted Acquisition Loan Closing Certificate, Administrative Agent shall
provide copies of such certificates to Lenders. All documentation delivered and
satisfaction of conditions pursuant to the requirements of SECTION 7.2 must be
satisfactory to Administrative Agent. To the extent any Borrowing is being
requested in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition, the
conditions set forth in SECTIONS 7.2 and 7.3 hereof must be satisfied prior to
the making of any such Borrowing.

1.2

1.3      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH BORROWING. In addition to the conditions
stated in SECTION 7.1 AND SECTION 7.2, Lenders will not be obligated to fund
(as opposed to continue or convert) any Borrowing, unless on the date of such
Borrowing (and after giving effect thereto): (a) Administrative Agent shall
have timely received therefor a Notice of Borrowing; (b) all of the
representations and warranties of any Company set forth in the Loan Documents
are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that (i)
the representations and warranties speak to a specific date or (ii) the facts
on which such representations and warranties are based have been changed by
transactions contemplated or permitted by the Loan Documents); (c) no change in
the financial condition, business operations, or

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prospects since September 30, 1999, of any Company which could reasonably be
expected to be a Material Adverse Event shall have occurred; (d) no Default or
Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (e) the funding of
such Borrowings, is permitted by Law; (f) evidence satisfactory to
Administrative Agent that the proceeds of such Borrowing are being used by the
Companies in accordance with the terms of the Existing Senior Notes and
Existing Subordinated Notes; and (g) all matters related to such Borrowing must
be satisfactory to Required Lenders and their respective counsel in their
reasonable determination, and upon the reasonable request of Administrative
Agent, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence substantiating
any of the matters in the Loan Documents which are necessary to enable Borrower
to qualify for such Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing delivered to
Administrative Agent shall constitute the representation and warranty by
Borrower to Administrative Agent that the statements above are true and correct
in all respects. Each condition precedent in this Agreement is material to the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and time is of the essence in
respect of each thereof. Subject to the prior approval of Required Lenders,
Lenders may fund any Borrowing, without all conditions being satisfied, but, to
the extent permitted by Law, the same shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the
requirement that each such condition precedent be satisfied as a prerequisite
for any subsequent funding or issuance, unless Required Lenders specifically
waive each such item in writing.

1SECTION REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower and each Guarantor represent
and warrant to Administrative Agent and Lenders, as follows:

2

2.1      PURPOSE OF CREDIT FACILITY .

         (a)      Borrower will use (or will loan such proceeds to its Domestic
         Subsidiaries to so use) all proceeds of Borrowings under the Revolver
         Facility for one or more of the following: (i) to finance Permitted
         Acquisitions; (ii) to finance Capital Expenditures; (iii) to finance
         working capital; and (iv) for general corporate purposes.

         (a)      Borrower will use (or will loan such proceeds to its Domestic
         Subsidiaries to so use) all proceeds of Borrowings under the
         Telecommunications Facility for the Acquisition or construction of
         Telecommunications Assets of Borrower or its Domestic Subsidiaries,
         provided however, that the Telecommunications Principal Debt shall not
         exceed 80% of the cost of the Acquisition or construction of the
         applicable Telecommunications Assets financed thereby.

         (a)      Borrower will use (or will loan such proceeds to its Domestic
         Subsidiaries to so use) all proceeds of Borrowings under the
         Receivables Facility (if any), (i) to refinance all Telecommunications
         Principal Debt, (ii) to finance working capital, (iii) to finance
         capital expenditures, (iv) to finance general corporate purposes, and
         (v) to finance Permitted Acquisitions.

         (a)      No Company is engaged principally, or as one of its important
         activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
         purchasing or carrying any "margin stock" within the meaning of
         Regulation U. No part of the proceeds of any Borrowing will be used,
         directly or indirectly, for a purpose which violates any Law,
         including, without limitation, the provisions of Regulations T, U, or
         X (as enacted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
         as amended).

1.1      EXISTENCE, GOOD STANDING, AUTHORITY, AND AUTHORIZATIONS. Borrower and
         each Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing, and in good
         standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization (such
         jurisdictions being identified on SCHEDULE 8.3, as supplemented and
         modified in writing from time

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to time to reflect any changes to such Schedule as a result of transactions
permitted by the Loan Documents). Borrower and each Guarantor is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
nature and extent of its business and properties require the same. Borrower and
each Guarantor possesses all the Authorizations, franchises, permits, licenses,
certificates of compliance, and approvals and grants of authority necessary,
including, without limitation, any Authorization issued by the FCC, all of
which are described on SCHEDULE 8.2 hereto, necessary or required in the
conduct of its respective business(es), and the same are valid, binding,
enforceable, and subsisting without any defaults thereunder or enforceable
adverse limitations thereon and are not subject to any proceedings or claims
opposing the issuance, development, or use thereof or contesting the validity
thereof. No authorization, consent, approval, waiver, license, or formal
exemptions from, nor any filing, declaration, or registration with, any
Governmental Authority (federal, state, or local), or non-governmental entity,
under the terms of contracts or otherwise, is required by reason of or in
connection with the execution and performance of the Loan Documents by the
Borrower or any Guarantor.

1.2

1.3      SUBSIDIARIES; CAPITAL STOCK. Borrower and each Guarantor have no
Subsidiaries except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 8.3 (as supplemented and modified
in writing from time to time to reflect any changes to such Schedule as a
result of transactions permitted by the Loan Documents). All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock (or similar voting interests) of Borrower, each
Guarantor, and their respective Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and are owned of record and beneficially
as set forth on SCHEDULE 8.3 (as supplemented and modified in writing from time
to time to reflect any changes to such Schedule as a result of transactions
permitted by the Loan Documents), free and clear of any Liens, restrictions,
claims, or rights of another Person, other than Permitted Liens, and none of
such shares owned by Borrower or any Guarantor is subject to any restriction on
transfer thereof except for restrictions imposed by securities Laws and general
corporate Laws. Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor has outstanding any warrant,
option, or other right of any Person to acquire any of its capital stock or
similar equity interests, except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 8.3.

1.4

1.5 AUTHORIZATION AND CONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery by Borrower
and each Guarantor of each Loan Document to which it is a party and the
performance by Borrower and each Guarantor of its obligations thereunder (a)
are within the corporate power of such Company, (b) will have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of such
Company when such Loan Document is executed and delivered, (c) require no
consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental
Authority, which action or filing has not been taken or made on or prior to the
Closing Date (or if later, the date of execution and delivery of such Loan
Document) other than, on or prior to the satisfaction of the covenants set
forth in SECTION 9.33, the Special Regulatory Approvals and the Transfer
Approvals, (d) will not violate any provision of the charter, bylaws, or
partnership agreement of such Company, (e) will not violate any provision of
Law applicable to it, other than such violations which individually or
collectively could not be a Material Adverse Event, (f) will not violate any
material written or oral agreements, contracts, commitments, or understandings
to which it is a party, other than such violations which could not be a
Material Adverse Event, or (g) will not result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien on any asset of any Company other than pursuant to this Agreement. The
Companies have (or will have upon consummation thereof) all necessary consents
and approvals of any Person or Governmental Authority other than, on or prior
to the satisfaction of the covenants set forth in SECTION 9.33, the Special
Regulatory Approvals, or Transfer Approvals, required to be obtained in order
to effect any asset transfer, change of control, merger, or consolidations
permitted by the Loan Documents.

1.6

1.7      BINDING EFFECT. Upon execution and delivery by all parties thereto,
each Loan Document will constitute a legal, valid, and binding obligation of
Borrower and each Guarantor party thereto,

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enforceable against Borrower and Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and general
principles of equity.

1.8

1.9      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Current Financials were prepared in
accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the
Companies as of and for the portion of the fiscal year ending on the date or
dates thereof (subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments). There were
no material liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, of the
Companies as of the date or dates of the Current Financials which are required
under GAAP to be reflected therein or in the notes thereto, and are not so
reflected. Except for transactions directly related to, or specifically
contemplated by, the Loan Documents, there have been no changes in the
consolidated financial condition of the Companies from that shown in the
Current Financials after such date which could be a Material Adverse Event, nor
has any Company incurred any liability (including, without limitation, any
liability under any Environmental Law), direct or indirect, fixed or
contingent, after such date which could be a Material Adverse Event.

1.10

1.11     LITIGATION, CLAIMS, INVESTIGATIONS. No Company is subject to, or
aware of the threat of, any Litigation which is reasonably likely to be
determined adversely to any Company, and, if so adversely determined, could
(individually or collectively with other Litigation) be a Material Adverse
Event. There are no outstanding orders or judgments for the payment of money in
excess of $5,000,000 (individually or collectively) or any warrant of
attachment, sequestration, or similar proceeding against the assets of any
Company having a value (individually or collectively) of $5,000,000 or more
which is not either (a) stayed on appeal or (b) being diligently contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves have been set aside
on the books of such Company in accordance with GAAP. There are no formal
complaints, suits, claims, investigations, or proceedings initiated at or by
any Governmental Authority pending or threatened by or against any Company
which could be a Material Adverse Event, nor any judgments, decrees, or orders
of any Governmental Authority outstanding against any Company that could be a
Material Adverse Event.

1.12

1.13     TAXES. All Tax returns of each Company required to be filed have been
filed (or extensions have been granted) prior to delinquency, except for any
such returns for which the failure to so file could not be a Material Adverse
Event, and all Taxes imposed upon each Company which are due and payable have
been paid prior to delinquency, other than Taxes for which the criteria for
Permitted Liens (as specified in SECTION 9.13(b)(VI)) have been satisfied or
for which nonpayment thereof could not constitute a Material Adverse Event.

1.14

1.15     ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. No Company (a) knows of any environmental
condition or circumstance, such as the presence or Release of any Hazardous
Substance, on any property presently or previously owned by any Company that
could be a Material Adverse Event, (b) knows of any violation by any Company of
any Environmental Law, except for such violations that could not be a Material
Adverse Event, or (c) knows that any Company is under any obligation to remedy
any violation of any Environmental Law, except for such obligations that could
not be a Material Adverse Event; provided, however, that each Company (x) to
the best of its knowledge, has in full force and effect all environmental
permits, licenses, and approvals required to conduct its operations and is
operating in substantial compliance thereunder, and (y) has taken prudent steps
to determine that its properties and operations are not in violation of any
Environmental Law.

1.16

1.17     EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. (a) No Employee Plan has incurred an
"accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code), (b) no Company or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred
material liability to the PBGC or with respect to an Employee Plan, which
liability is currently due and remains unpaid under Title IV of ERISA, (c) each
Employee Plan subject to

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ERISA and the Code complies in all material respects, both in form and
operation, with ERISA and the Code, (d) no ERISA Event has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer
Plan which, individually or collectively with all other ERISA Events then
existing, could reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse Event, (e) the
present value of all accrued benefits under each Employee Plan (based on
actuarial assumptions used for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial
valuation prepared by the Employee Plan's actuary with respect to such Employee
Plan) did not, as of the last annual actuarial valuation date for such Employee
Plan, exceed the then-current value of the assets of such Employee Plan, and
(f) the present value of accrued benefits under each Employee Plan (based on
PBGC actuarial assumptions used for plan termination), on any date of
determination, does not exceed the value of the assets of such Employee Plan.

1.18     PROPERTIES; LIENS. Each Company has good and marketable title to all
its property reflected on the Current Financials, except (a) for (i) property
that is obsolete, (ii) property that has been disposed of in the ordinary
course of business, or (iii) property with title defects or failures in title
which would not be a Material Adverse Event, or (b) as otherwise permitted by
the Loan Documents. Except for Permitted Liens, there is no Lien on any
property of any Company, and the execution, delivery, performance, or
observance of the Loan Documents will not require or result in the creation of
any Lien on such property.

1.19

1.20     GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. No Company is subject to regulation under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended, or any other Law (other than Regulations T, U, and X
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the requirements of
any PUC or public service commission) which regulates the incurrence of Debt.

1.21

1.22     TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. No Company is a party to a material
transaction with any of its Affiliates (excluding transactions between or among
Borrower and the Guarantors), other than transactions in the ordinary course of
business and upon fair and reasonable terms not materially less favorable than
such Company could obtain or could become entitled to in an arm's-length
transaction with a Person that was not its Affiliate.

1.23

1.24     DEBT. Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor is an obligor on any Debt,
other than Permitted Debt.

1.25

1.26     MATERIAL AGREEMENTS. SCHEDULE 8.15 hereto sets forth a list of all
Material Agreement, and there exists no material default under any of such
contracts. There are no failures of any material written or oral agreements,
contracts, commitments, or understandings to which any Company is a party to be
in full force and effect which could be a Material Adverse Event, and no
default or potential default exists on the part of any Company thereunder which
could be a Material Adverse Event. Unless consented to by Administrative Agent
prior to the execution thereof, or as set forth on SCHEDULE 8.15 on the Closing
Date, no Material Agreement prohibits assignment to Lenders of the Company's
rights, titles, or interests under such Material Agreement as Collateral;
provided, that, for any Material Agreement set forth on SCHEDULE 8.15 and
designated as prohibiting assignment, Lenders reserve the right to request that
Borrower use its best efforts to obtain consent to such assignment on or prior
to the First Qualifying Date.

1.27

1.28     INSURANCE. Each Company maintains, with financially sound,
responsible, and reputable insurance companies or associations, insurance
concerning its properties and businesses against such casualties and
contingencies and of such types and in such amounts (and with co-insurance and
deductibles) as is customary in the case of same or similar businesses.

1.29

1.30     LABOR MATTERS. There are no actual or threatened strikes, labor
disputes, slow downs, walkouts, or other concerted interruptions of operations
by the employees of any Company that could be a Material Adverse Event. Hours
worked by and payment made to employees of the Companies have not been in

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violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Law dealing
with such matters, other than any such violations, individually or
collectively, which could not constitute a Material Adverse Event. All payments
due from any Company on account of employee health and welfare insurance have
been paid or accrued as a liability on its books, other than any such
nonpayments which could not, individually or collectively, constitute a
Material Adverse Event.

1.31

1.32     SOLVENCY. At the time of each Borrowing hereunder and on the date of
each Permitted Acquisition, Borrower and each Guarantor is (and after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, any Permitted
Acquisition, and any incurrence of additional Debt, will be) Solvent.

1.33

1.34     INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Each Company owns or has sufficient and
legally enforceable rights to use all material licenses, patents, patent
applications, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trademark applications,
and trade names necessary to continue to conduct its businesses as heretofore
conducted by it, now conducted by it, and now proposed to be conducted by it.
Each Company is conducting its business without infringement or claim of
infringement of any license, patent, copyright, service mark, trademark, trade
name, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of others, other than
any such infringements or claims which, if successfully asserted against or
determined adversely to any Company, could not, individually or collectively,
constitute a Material Adverse Event.

1.35

1.36     COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. No Company is in violation of any Laws
(including, without limitation, the Communications Act, Environmental Laws, and
those Laws administered by the FCC and any PUC, other than with respect to the
Special Regulatory Approvals), other than such violations which could not,
individually or collectively, be a Material Adverse Event. No Company has
received notice alleging any noncompliance with any Laws, except for such
noncompliance which no longer exists, or which could not constitute a Material
Adverse Event.

1.1      PERMITTED ACQUISITIONS .
1.2

         (a)      With respect to any Permitted Acquisitions, each Company
         party thereto has the power and authority under the Laws of its state
         of incorporation and under its articles of incorporation and bylaws or
         Partnership Agreement, as applicable, to enter into and perform the
         related Acquisition agreement to which it is a party and all other
         agreements, documents, and actions required thereunder; and all
         actions (corporate or otherwise) necessary or appropriate by such
         Companies for the execution and performance of said Acquisition
         agreements, and all other documents, agreements, and actions required
         thereunder, have been taken, and, upon their execution, such
         Acquisition agreements will constitute the valid and binding
         obligation of the Companies party thereto, enforceable in accordance
         with their respective terms.

         (a)      With respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the making and
         performance of the related Acquisition agreements, and all other
         agreements, documents, and actions required thereunder, will not
         violate any provision of any Law which could, individually or
         collectively, be a Material Adverse Event, including, without
         limitation, all state corporate Laws and judicial precedents of the
         states of incorporation or formation of the Companies, and will not
         violate any provisions of the articles of incorporation and bylaws or
         partnership agreements of the Companies, or constitute a default under
         any agreement by which any Company or its respective property may be
         bound.

1.1      REGULATION U. "Margin Stock" (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes
less than 25% of those assets of any Company which is subject to any limitation
on sale, pledge, or other restrictions hereunder.

1.2

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1.3      TRADE NAMES. To the best of Borrower's knowledge, no Company has used
or transacted business exclusively under any other corporate or trade name in
any jurisdiction in the five-year period preceding the date hereof, other than
those listed on SCHEDULE 8.23.

1.4

1.5      YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE. Borrower has (i) initiated a review and
assessment of all areas within its and each of its Subsidiaries' business and
operations (including those affected by suppliers and vendors) that could be
adversely affected by the "YEAR 2000 PROBLEM" (that is, the risk that computer
applications used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or its suppliers and
vendors) may be unable to recognize and perform properly date-sensitive
functions involving certain dates prior to and any date after December 31,
1999), (ii) developed a plan and timeline for addressing the Year 2000 Problem
on a timely basis, and (iii) to date, implemented that plan in accordance with
that timetable (except to the extent that a failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Event). Borrower
reasonably believes that all computer applications (including those of its
suppliers and vendors) that are material to its or any of its Subsidiaries'
business and operations will on a timely basis be able to perform properly
date-sensitive functions for all dates before and after January 1, 2000 (that
is, be "YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT"), except to the extent that a failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect.

1.6

1.7      NO DEFAULT. No Default or Potential Default exists or will arise as a
result of any Borrowing hereunder.

1.8

1.9      FULL DISCLOSURE. There is no material fact or condition relating to
the Loan Documents or the financial condition, business, or property of any
Company or any Guarantor which could be a Material Adverse Event and which has
not been related, in writing, to Administrative Agent. All information
heretofore furnished by any Company or any Guarantor to any Lender or
Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents was, and all such
information hereafter furnished by any Company or any Guarantor to any Lender
or Administrative Agent will be, true and accurate in all material respects or
based on reasonable estimates on the date as of which such information is
stated or certified.

1.10

2 SECTION COVENANTS. Borrower and each Guarantor covenant and agree to perform,
observe, and comply with each of the following covenants, from the Closing Date
and so long thereafter as Lenders are committed to fund Borrowings and
thereafter until the payment in full of the Principal Debt and payment in full
of all other interest, fees, and other amounts of the Obligation then due and
owing, unless Borrower receives a prior written consent to the contrary by
Administrative Agent as authorized by Required Lenders:

3

3.1      USE OF PROCEEDS. Borrower shall use the proceeds of Borrowings only
for the purposes represented herein.

3.2

3.3      BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Companies shall maintain books, records, and
accounts necessary to prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

3.4

3.5      ITEMS TO BE FURNISHED. Borrower shall cause the following to be
furnished to Administrative Agent for delivery to Lenders:

3.6

         (a)      Promptly after preparation, and no later than 90 days after
         the last day of each fiscal year of Borrower, Financial Statements
         showing the consolidated and consolidating financial condition and
         results of operations calculated for the Borrower on a consolidated
         basis, as of, and for the year ended on, such day, each accompanied
         by:

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(i)                        the unqualified opinion of a firm of
         nationally-recognized independent certified public accountants, based
         on an audit using generally accepted auditing standards, that such
         Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP and present
         fairly the consolidated financial condition and results of operations
         of the Companies;

(i)                        with respect to the Financial Statements of the
         Borrower on a consolidated basis, a certificate from such accounting
         firm to Administrative Agent indicating that during its audit it
         obtained no knowledge of any Default or Potential Default or, if it
         obtained such knowledge, the nature and period of existence thereof;
         and

(i)                        with respect to the Financial Statements of the
         Companies, a Compliance Certificate.

         (a)      Promptly after preparation, and no later than 45 days after
         the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, Financial Statements
         showing the consolidated financial condition and results of operations
         calculated for the Borrower on a consolidated basis for such fiscal
         quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then-current
         fiscal year to, such last day, accompanied by a Compliance Certificate
         with respect to such Financial Statements.

         (a)      Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of
         Borrower, a management report, reflecting results of operations,
         discussing the financial results and comparing actual performance
         results to the Budget for such period, and outlining principal factors
         affecting performances of the Borrower on a consolidated basis, all in
         form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

         (a)      On or prior to March 31 of each fiscal year of Borrower, the
         financial Budget for such fiscal year, accompanied by a certificate
         executed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that (i) such Budget was
         prepared by Borrower based on assumptions which, in light of the
         historical performance of the Companies and their prospects for the
         future, are realistic and achievable, and (ii) such Budget
         demonstrates adequate liquidity to finance the Company's business plan
         for the succeeding twelve-month period.

         (a)      Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all auditor's annual
         management letters delivered to Borrower.

         (a)      Notice, promptly after Borrower knows or has reason to know
         of (i) the existence and status of any Litigation which could be a
         Material Adverse Event, or of any order or judgment for the payment of
         money which (individually or collectively) is in excess of $5,000,000,
         or any warrant of attachment, sequestration, or similar proceeding
         against the assets of any Company having a value (individually or
         collectively) of $5,000,000, (ii) any material change in any material
         fact or circumstance represented or warranted in any Loan Document,
         (iii) a Default or Potential Default specifying the nature thereof and
         what action Borrower or any other Company has taken, is taking, or
         proposes to take with respect thereto, (iv) the receipt by any Company
         of any notice from any Governmental Authority of the expiration
         without renewal, termination, material modification or suspension of,
         or institution of any proceedings to terminate, materially modify, or
         suspend, any Authorization granted by the FCC or any applicable PUC,
         or any other Authorization which any Company is required to hold in
         order to operate its business in compliance with all applicable Laws,
         other than such expirations, terminations, suspensions, or
         modifications which individually or in the aggregate would not
         constitute a Material Adverse

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         Event, (v) any federal, state, or local statute, regulation, or
         ordinance or judicial or administrative order limiting or controlling
         the operations of any Company which has been issued or adopted
         hereafter and which is of material adverse importance or effect in
         relation to the operation of any Company, (vi) the receipt by any
         Company of notice of any violation or alleged violation of any
         Environmental Law, which violation or alleged violation could
         individually or collectively with other such violations or
         allegations, constitute a Material Adverse Event, or (vii) (A) any
         expressed statement in writing on the part of the PBGC of any
         "prohibited transaction", or (B) the occurrence of an ERISA Event or
         the incurrence of any liability by any Company or ERISA Affiliate with
         respect to any ERISA Event, which ERISA Event or liabilities
         (individually or in the aggregate with all other then existing ERISA
         Events and related liabilities of the Companies and ERISA Affiliates)
         could reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse Event,
         specifying the nature thereof and what action any Company or ERISA
         Affiliate has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect
         thereto and providing copies of (1) all notices from the PBGC
         terminating or appointing a trustee for any Employee Plan, (2) all
         notices of termination or reorganization from any sponsor of a
         Multiemployer Plan, (3) all notices from any sponsor of a
         Multiemployer Plan imposing withdrawal liability on any Company or
         ERISA Affiliate, and (4) all notices from the PBGC regarding a
         potential Reportable Event or a request for information to assess the
         impact of any proposed transaction of Borrower or any of its ERISA
         Affiliates.

         (a)      Promptly after any of the information or disclosures provided
         on any of the Schedules delivered pursuant to this Agreement or any
         Annexes to any of the Collateral Documents becomes outdated or
         incorrect in any material respect, such revised or updated Schedule(s)
         or Annexes as may be necessary or appropriate to update or correct
         such information or disclosures; provided that, no deletions may be
         made to any Annexes describing Collateral in any of the Collateral
         Documents unless approved by Required Lenders; and further provided
         that, in the case of updates to SCHEDULE 9.12 or SCHEDULE 8.15 (to the
         extent a prohibition of assignment to Lenders requires consent), the
         information thereon shall not be deemed accepted for purposes of this
         Agreement or become part of the Loan Documents unless, approved by
         Required Lenders

         (a)      Promptly after preparation, true, correct, and complete
         copies of all material reports or filings filed by or on behalf of any
         Company with any Governmental Authority (including the FCC and the
         Securities and Exchange Commission).

         (a)      Promptly after the filing thereof, a true, correct, and
         complete copy of each Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and Form 8-K filed by or
         on behalf of any Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         (a)      Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of
         Borrower, a listing for each Company of all tax audits or
         investigations currently underway scheduled for the future, or
         occurring during the immediately preceding quarter.

         (a)      Promptly upon request therefor by Administrative Agent or
         Lenders, such information (not otherwise required to be furnished
         under the Loan Documents) respecting the business affairs, assets, and
         liabilities of the Companies, and such opinions, certifications, and
         documents, in addition to those mentioned in this Agreement, as
         reasonably requested.

1.1      INSPECTIONS. Upon reasonable notice, the Companies shall allow
         Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective
         Representatives) to inspect any of their properties, to review
         reports, files, and other records and to make and take away copies
         thereof, to conduct tests or investigations, and to discuss any of
         their affairs, conditions, and finances with other creditors,
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         representatives, and independent accountants of the Companies, from
         time to time, during reasonable business hours.

1.2

1.3 TAXES. Each Company (a) shall promptly pay when due any and all Taxes
other than Taxes the applicability, amount, or validity of which is being
contested in good faith by lawful proceedings diligently conducted, and against
which reserve or other provision required by GAAP has been made, and in respect
of which levy and execution of any Lien securing same have been, and continue
to be, stayed, (b) shall not, directly or indirectly, use any portion of the
proceeds of any Borrowing to pay the wages of employees unless a timely payment
to or deposit with the appropriate Governmental Authorities of all amounts of
Tax required to be deducted and withheld with respect to such wages is also
made, and (c) shall notify Lenders immediately if the Internal Revenue Service
or any other taxing authority assesses, through audit or investigation, any
Taxes of any kind due from any Company if such Taxes, when aggregated with all
other tax assessments as a result of any audit or investigation, are in excess
of $3,000,000.

1.4

1.5      PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS ON OTHER DEBT.
Borrower shall pay the Obligation in accordance with the terms and provisions
of the Loan Documents. Each Company (a) shall promptly pay (or renew and
extend) all of its material obligations, other than obligations between the
Companies, as the same become due (unless such obligations [other than the
Obligation] are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), and
(b) shall not (i) make any voluntary prepayment of principal of, or interest
on, any other Debt (other than the Obligation), whether subordinate to the
Obligation or not, or (ii) use proceeds from the Facilities to make any
voluntary prepayment of principal of, or interest on, or sinking fund payment
in respect of any Debt of any Company. Other than Permitted Refinancings
pursuant to SECTION 9.12(i), Borrower shall not make any voluntary prepayment
of any Subordinated Debt and shall not make any payment on any Subordinated
Debt in violation of the subordination provisions thereof or otherwise results
in a Default or Potential Default hereunder.

1.6

1.7      MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE, ASSETS, AND BUSINESS. Except as otherwise
permitted by SECTION 9.18, each Company shall at all times: (a) maintain its
existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization and its
authority to transact business in all other jurisdictions where the failure to
so maintain its authority to transact business could be a Material Adverse
Event; (b) maintain all licenses, permits, and franchises necessary for its
business where the failure to so maintain could be a Material Adverse Event;
(c) keep all of its assets which are useful in and necessary to its business in
good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all
necessary repairs thereto and replacements thereof; and (d) do all things
necessary to obtain, renew, extend, and continue in effect all Authorizations
issued by the FCC or any applicable PUC which may at any time and from time to
time be necessary for the Companies and Guarantors to operate their businesses
in compliance with applicable Law, where the failure to so renew, extend, or
continue in effect could be a Material Adverse Event. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Intermedia Licensing Company ("LICENSING") shall be permitted to
change its organization from a corporation to a limited liability corporation,
so long as Licensing reconfirms its representations, warranties, and
Obligations under the Loan Documents at the time of such reorganization,
executes all Collateral Documents requested by Lenders, and provides Lenders
with all corporate authorizations, formation agreements, and certificates as
Lenders deem necessary.

1.8

1.9      INSURANCE. The Companies shall, at their sole cost and expense, keep
and maintain the Collateral owned by such Company insured for its actual cash
value against loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, flood, and all other
hazards and risks ordinarily insured against by other owners or users of such
properties in similar businesses of comparable size and notify Administrative
Agent promptly of any occurrence causing a material loss or decline in value of
the Collateral and the estimated (or actual, if available) amount of such loss
or decline. All policies of insurance on the Collateral shall be in a form,

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with such deductibles, and with insurers recognized as adequate by prudent
business Persons in the same businesses as the Companies and acceptable to
Administrative Agent, and all such policies shall be in such amount as may be
satisfactory to Administrative Agent. On the Closing Date and thereafter as
each policy is renewed and extended, the Companies shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a certificate of insurance for each such policy of
insurance and evidence of payment of all premiums therefor. On and after
February 15, 2000, or such earlier date as Lender's obtain Liens on assets of
the Companies (in addition to the Pledged Securities), such policies of
insurance and the certificates evidencing the same shall contain an
endorsement, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, showing
Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of Lenders) as a loss payee as
its interests may appear (subject to the rights of the holder of a Permitted
Lien) under a standard mortgagee clause. Such endorsement, or an independent
instrument furnished to Administrative Agent, shall provide that the insurance
companies will give Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days prior
written notice before any such policy or policies of insurance shall be altered
(in any way which could adversely affect Lenders or the Collateral) or canceled
and that no act or default of any Company, or any other Person shall affect the
Right of Administrative Agent to recover under such policy or policies of
insurance in case of loss or damage. Upon the payment by the insurer of the
proceeds of any such policy of insurance and if no Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Company so insured may retain such insurance proceeds if such
proceeds are used to repair or replace the property the damage or destruction
of which gave rise to the payment of such insurance proceeds or reinvest the
proceeds in a Telecommunications Asset within 180 days; provided, however, that
any insurance proceeds not used for repair or replacement in accordance
herewith, unless paid as reimbursement of expenses incurred and business losses
suffered in connection with the loss or damage to the Collateral, shall be paid
to or retained by Administrative Agent for application as a mandatory
prepayment on the Obligation.

1.10

1.11     PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF RIGHTS. Each Company shall perform
such acts and duly authorize, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file, and record
any additional agreements, documents, instruments, and certificates as
Administrative Agent or Required Lenders may reasonably deem necessary or
appropriate in order to preserve and protect the Rights of Administrative Agent
and Lenders under any Loan Document.

1.12

1.13     EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. The Companies shall not, directly or
indirectly, engage in any "prohibited transaction" with respect to any Employee
Plan or Multiemployer Plan (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code), and neither the Companies nor their respective ERISA Affiliates
shall permit any of the events or circumstances described in SECTION 8.10 to
exist or occur.

1.14

1.15     ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Each Company shall (a) conduct its business so as
to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and shall promptly take
corrective action to remedy any non-compliance with any Environmental Law, and
(b) promptly investigate and remediate any known Release or threatened Release
of any Hazardous Substance on any property owned by any Company or at any
facility operated by any Company to the extent and degree necessary to comply
with Law and to assure that any Release or threatened Release does not result
in a substantial endangerment to human health or the environment.

1.1      DEBT AND GUARANTIES. No Company shall, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, or suffer to exist any direct, indirect, fixed, or contingent
liability for any Debt, other than:

1.2

         (a)      The Obligation and Guaranties thereof;

         (a)      Debt existing on the Closing Date as set forth on SCHEDULE
                  9.12 hereto;

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         (a)      Debt incurred by Borrower under any Financial Hedge required
         by the Loan Documents or otherwise permitted by the Existing Senior
         Notes and issued and maintained in accordance with the requirements of
         the Loan Documents;

         (a)      Debt between Borrower and any Guarantor or between
         Guarantors;

         (a)      Trade accounts payable which are for goods furnished or
         services rendered in the ordinary course of business for value
         received and are payable in accordance with customary trade terms;

         (a)      Endorsements of checks or drafts in the ordinary course of
         business;

         (a)      Unsecured Subordinated Debt of Borrower (or Digex, which
         shall be subordinated to the Guaranty on terms and conditions
         acceptable to Lenders, including without limitation, the terms,
         conditions, and limitations set forth below and in no event to exceed
         $200,000,000) incurred on and after the Closing Date and not otherwise
         permitted under this SECTION 9.12; provided that, (i) so long as the
         Total Leverage Ratio of the Companies is greater than 5.00 to 1.00,
         the aggregate principal amount of all such Subordinated Debt (of
         Borrower or Digex as the case may be) incurred on and after the
         Closing Date may not exceed the difference between $750,000,000 and
         the aggregate principal amount of all New Senior Notes, if any, issued
         pursuant to SECTION 9.12(h); (ii) at the time of any such Subordinated
         Debt incurrence or borrowing thereunder, no Default or Potential
         Default then exists or arises; (iii) the provisions of the documents
         evidencing such Subordinated Debt are not more restrictive (as
         reasonably determined by Administrative Agent) than the provisions of
         the Loan Documents, any Existing Senior Notes, or any Existing
         Subordinated Notes, including, without limitation, any requirements
         for mandatory prepayments or redemptions at any time where similar
         payments are not required under the Loan Documents; (iv) the terms of
         subordination thereunder are at least as favorable to Lenders as the
         provisions in the Existing Subordinated Notes (as reasonably
         determined by Administrative Agent); and (v) such Subordinated Debt
         shall mature not less than two years after the final maturity of the
         Facilities. At any time after the First Qualifying Date, so long as
         the Total Leverage Ratio of the Companies is less than or equal to
         5.00 to 1.00, and so long as the other conditions set forth in CLAUSES
         (ii) through (v) above are met, Borrower (but not Digex) may incur an
         unlimited amount of unsecured Subordinated Debt, subject to compliance
         with SECTION 9.32.

         (a)      On and after the Second Qualifying Date, additional unsecured
         Debt of Borrower arising under publicly or privately placed notes,
         debentures, or debt securities and not otherwise permitted under this
         SECTION 9.12 (collectively, the "NEW SENIOR NOTES"), so long as (i)
         the aggregate principal amount of all such New Senior Notes may not
         exceed the difference between $750,000,000 and the aggregate principal
         amount of all Subordinated Debt issued pursuant to SECTION 9.12(g);
         (ii) at the time of any Debt incurrence under the New Senior Notes or
         any borrowing thereunder, no Default or Potential Default then exists
         or arises; (iii) the provisions of the documents evidencing the New
         Senior Notes are not more restrictive (as reasonably determined by
         Administrative Agent) than the provisions of the Loan Documents, the
         Existing Senior Notes, or the Existing Subordinated Notes, including,
         without limitation, any requirements for mandatory prepayments or
         redemptions at any time where similar payments are not required under
         the Loan Documents; and (iv) such Debt under the New Senior Notes
         shall mature not less than two years after the final maturity of the
         Facilities.

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         (a)      Any (i) refinancings of the Existing Senior Notes, (ii)
         refinancings of any Subordinated Debt incurred in accordance with
         SECTION 9.12(g) on and after the First Qualifying Date, or (iii)
         refinancings on and after the Second Qualifying Date, of any Debt
         under New Senior Notes incurred in accordance with SECTION 9.12(h), so
         long as any such refinanced Debt (A) in the case of the Subordinated
         Debt incurred in accordance with SECTION 9.12(G), provides for
         subordination terms at least as favorable to Lenders as the
         Subordinated Debt being refinanced (as reasonably determined by
         Administrative Agent), (B) does not provide for more restrictive
         covenants or events of default than the Debt being refinanced (as
         reasonably determined by Administrative Agent), (C) does not require
         more frequent payments of interest than the Debt being refinanced, (D)
         does not mature earlier than the final maturity of the Debt being
         refinanced, and (E) has a weighted average life to maturity equal to,
         or greater than, the weighted average life to maturity of the Debt
         being so refinanced (collectively, the "PERMITTED REFINANCINGS"); and

         (a)      Debt arising under Capital Leases not to exceed $25,000,000
         in the aggregate on any date of determination at all times prior to
         the First Qualifying Date, and $50,000,000 in the aggregate on any
         date of determination at all times thereafter.

         (a)      Debt arising under Capital Leases of Digex related to data
         center facility space not to exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate on
         any date of determination.

         (a)      Debt arising under Capacity Purchase Agreements not to exceed
         $300,000,000 in the aggregate on any date of determination.

         (a)      Performance bonds or guaranties posted in the ordinary course
         of business whereby Borrower or any Guarantor posts a bond or guaranty
         supporting the performance of any other Guarantor or Borrower.

         (a)      Debt incurred or assumed by any Company for the purpose of
         financing all or any part of the cost of any asset (including
         renewals, extensions, amendments, and modifications of such Debt), so
         long as (i) the aggregate amount of such Debt (together with any and
         all amendments, modifications, or refinancings thereof) not to exceed
         $10,000,000 in the aggregate on any date of determination, and (ii) no
         Default or Potential Default then exists or arises as a result of such
         Debt incurrence.

         (a)      Other unsecured Debt or letters of credit constituting Debt
         of Borrower or any Guarantor not to exceed $10,000,000 in the
         aggregate on any date of determination.

1.1      LIENS. No Company will, directly or indirectly, (a) enter into or
permit to exist any arrangement or agreement which directly or indirectly
prohibits any Company from creating or incurring any Lien on any of its assets,
other than the Loan Documents, or (b) create, incur, or suffer or permit to be
created or incurred or to exist any Lien upon any of its assets, except:

1.2

         (i)      Liens securing the Obligation and, to the extent permitted by
         this Agreement, the Existing Senior Notes, Existing Subordinated
         Notes, and any permitted issuances of Debt pursuant to SECTION 9.12,
         Liens securing Debt incurred by any Company or Guarantor under any
         Financial Hedge with any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender to the
         extent permitted under SECTION 9.12(c), so long as the Obligation is
         ratably secured therewith;

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         (i)      Pledges or deposits made to secure payment of worker's
         compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with
         worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions, or other
         social security programs;

         (i)      Good-faith pledges or deposits made to secure performance of
         bids, tenders, insurance or other contracts (other than for the
         repayment of borrowed money), or leases, or to secure statutory
         obligations, surety or appeal bonds, or indemnity, performance, or
         other similar bonds as all such Liens arise in the ordinary course of
         business of the Companies and Guarantors;

         (i)      Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, or
         other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which impair
         in any material respect the use of such property by the Person in
         question in the operation of its business, and none of which is
         violated by existing or proposed structures or land use;

         (i)      Liens of landlords or of mortgagees of landlords, arising
         solely by operation of law, on fixtures and movable property located
         on premises leased in the ordinary course of business; and

         (i)      The following, so long as the validity or amount thereof is
         being contested in good faith and by appropriate and lawful
         proceedings diligently conducted, reserve or other appropriate
         provisions (if any) required by GAAP shall have been made, levy and
         execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed, and they
         do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the
         property of the Person in question, or materially impair the use
         thereof in the operation of its business: (A) claims and Liens for
         Taxes (other than Liens relating to Environmental Laws or ERISA); (B)
         claims and Liens upon, and defects of title to, real or personal
         property, including any attachment of personal or real property or
         other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute of the merits;
         and (C) claims and Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen,
         carriers, landlords, or other like Liens.

         (i)      Liens existing on the Closing Date, so long as such Liens are
         described on SCHEDULE 9.13.

         (i)      Liens arising under Capital Leases which are permitted under
         SECTION 9.12(J) or SECTION 9.12(k).

         (i)      Liens arising under Capacity Purchase Agreements which are
         permitted under SECTION 9.12(l).

         (i)      Liens securing Permitted Debt incurred pursuant to SECTION
         9.12(n), so long as (x) any such Lien does not extend to any asset
         other than the asset purchased or financed by such Debt, and (y) any
         such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 180 days
         of the related asset acquisition.

1.1      LOANS, ADVANCES, AND INVESTMENTS. No Company shall make any loan,
advance, extension of credit, or capital contribution to, make any investment
in, or purchase or commit to purchase any stock or other securities or
evidences of Debt of, or interests in, any other Person, other than the
following so long as no Default or Potential Default exists or arises as a
result of any such loan, advance, or investment:

1.2

         (a)      Investments in Cash Equivalents;

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         (a)      Loans, advances, extensions of credit, capital contributions,
         and other investments between Borrower and any Guarantor or between
         Guarantors;

         (a)      Permitted Acquisitions;

         (a)      Trade accounts receivable which are for goods furnished or
         services rendered in the ordinary course of business and are payable
         in accordance with customary trade terms;

         (a)      Any loan, advance, extension of credit, capital contribution,
         commitment to invest, or investment existing on the Closing Date as
         set forth on SCHEDULE 9.14 hereto;

         (a)      Other investments or commitments to make investments in
         Telecommunications Assets or Telecommunications Businesses ("SPECIAL
         INVESTMENTS"), so long as each such Special Investment does not exceed
         the following limitations, determined as of the date such Special
         Investment is to be made (each, an "INVESTMENT DATE") and after giving
         effect to such Special Investment, and so long as on or prior to the
         Investment Date for any such Special Investment, Borrower provides
         Administrative Agent a certificate and related pro forma calculations
         demonstrating and confirming that the aggregate amount of Special
         Investments made during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed
         $50,000,000 (and, to the extent requested by Administrative Agent,
         evidence that no approval of any Governmental Authority is required
         which has not been obtained; provided that, solely for the purposes of
         this CLAUSE (F), expenditures classified by any Company as a "Capital
         Expenditure" in accordance with GAAP would not be included as a
         "Special Investment" hereunder;

         (a)      Financial Hedges required by the Loan Documents or otherwise
         permitted by the Existing Senior Notes, and issued and maintained in
         accordance with the requirements of the Loan Documents; and

         (a)      Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held
         for collection and lease, utility and workers' compensation,
         performance and other similar deposits.

         (a)      Permitted Distributions under SECTION 9.15.

         (a)      Loans or advances to any Companies' directors, officers, and
         employees not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Companies
         at any time outstanding.

1.1      DISTRIBUTIONS. No Company may directly or indirectly declare, make,
or pay any Distribution, other than, so long as no Default or Potential Default
then exists or arises:

1.2

         (a)      Distributions declared, made, or paid by Borrower wholly in
         the form of its preferred or common capital stock;

         (a)      Distributions by any Company to Borrower or any other
         Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower;

         (a)      Distributions made by any Company in the form of
         regularly-scheduled cash dividends on any Preferred Stock of the
         Borrower, so long as the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to
         5.00 to 1.00.

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         (a)      Redemption or conversion of any Preferred Stock declared,
         made, or paid wholly in the form of non-voting or voting common stock
         of Borrower; and

         (a)      Conversions of any Preferred Stock into Debt to the extent
         such Debt incurrence is permitted pursuant to SECTION 9.12.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions are permitted hereunder only to
the extent such or Distribution is made in accordance with applicable Law and
constitutes a valid, non-voidable transaction.

1.1      SALE OF ASSETS. No Company shall sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of any of its assets, other than:

1.2

         (a)      Sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

         (a)      The sale, discount, or transfer of delinquent accounts
         receivable in the ordinary course of business for purposes of
         collection;

         (a)      Occasional sales of immaterial assets for consideration not
         less than the fair market value thereof;

         (a)      So long as no Default or Potential Default then exists or
         arises, dispositions in the ordinary course of business of obsolete
         assets and worn-out or surplus equipment;

         (a)      Sales, leases, or other dispositions between Borrower and any
         Guarantor or among Guarantors;

         (a)      If no Default or Potential Default then exists or arises as a
         result thereof, sales of other assets in the ordinary course of
         business; and

         (a)      If no Default or Potential Default then exists or arises,
         sales or grants of the capital stock or stock options of Digex,
         Incorporated ("DIGEX") to third party investors or employees, as
         applicable, so long as, in either case, after giving effect to any
         such stock sales or transfers, Digex continues (i) to be a
         consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower in accordance with GAAP and a
         Guarantor hereunder and (ii) for Borrower to have controlling voting
         interests necessary to approve Debt incurrence issues and other
         fundamental changes to this Agreement and the Guaranty; and

         (a)      If no Default or Potential Default then exists or arises as a
         result thereof, sales (including, without limitation, the sale of the
         stock of any Subsidiary of any Company or the sale of substantially
         all of the assets of any division or line of business of any Company)
         other than in the ordinary course of business, so long as (i) the
         aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from all such asset sales consummated
         during any fiscal year shall not exceed (A) prior to the First
         Qualifying Date, $25,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio is greater
         than 5.00 to 1.00 or $100,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio is less
         than or equal 5.00 to 1.00, or (B) on and after the First Qualifying
         Date, $50,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio is greater than 5.00 to
         1.00 or $250,000,000 if the Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal
         to 5.00 to 1.00; (ii) the consideration received from any such sale
         shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value of the
         assets so sold; (iii) at least 85% of the consideration received for
         the assets so sold shall be paid in cash (provided that, for purposes
         of this CLAUSE (iii), "cash consideration" may include liabilities,
         notes, obligations, or other securities received by any Company in
         connection with such asset sale, so long as such

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         liabilities, notes, obligations, or other securities are converted
         into cash on the same Business Day as such asset sale is consummated
         and shall include any Telecommunications Assets received as
         consideration for any asset sales to the extent permitted under the
         Existing Senior Notes and Existing Subordinated Notes); and (iv) to
         the extent required by SECTION 2.4(b) or SECTION 3.2, the Net Cash
         Proceeds from such asset sale shall be applied as a mandatory
         commitment reduction and prepayment in accordance with the Loan
         Documents.

1.1      SALE-LEASEBACK FINANCINGS. No Company will enter into any
sale-leaseback arrangement with any Person, other than another Company,
pursuant to which such Company shall lease any asset (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) if such asset has been or is to be sold or transferred by
any Company to any other Person.

1.2

1.3      MERGERS AND DISSOLUTIONS; SALE OF CAPITAL STOCK. No Company will,
directly or indirectly, merge or consolidate with any other Person, other than
(a) as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, (b) mergers or consolidations
involving Borrower if Borrower is the surviving entity, (c) mergers among
Wholly-owned Companies; provided that, in any merger involving Borrower
(including a Permitted Acquisition effected as a merger), Borrower must be the
surviving entity, and, in any merger involving any other Company (including a
Permitted Acquisition effected as a merger), a Company must be the surviving
entity. No Company shall liquidate, wind up, or dissolve (or suffer any
liquidation or dissolution), other than liquidations, wind ups, or dissolutions
incident to mergers permitted under this SECTION 9.18. No Company may sell,
assign, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the capital stock (or other
ownership interests) of any other Company, except for sales, leases, transfers,
or other such distributions to another Company or as permitted pursuant to and
in accordance with SECTIONS 9.15 and 9.16(g).

1.4

1.5      RESTRICTIONS ON SUBSIDIARIES. No Subsidiary of Borrower nor any
Guarantor shall enter into or permit to exist any material arrangement or
agreement (other than the Loan Documents) which directly or indirectly
prohibits any such Subsidiary from (a) declaring, making, or paying, directly
or indirectly, any Distribution to Borrower or any other Company, (b) paying
any Debt owed to Borrower or any other Company, (c) making loans, advances, or
investments to Borrower or any other Company, or (d) transferring any of its
property or assets to Borrower or any other Company.

1.6

1.7      COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND DOCUMENTS. No Company shall violate the
provisions of any Laws applicable to it, including, without limitation, all
rules and regulations promulgated by the FCC or any applicable PUC, or any
material written or oral agreement, contract, commitment, or understanding to
which it is a party, if such violation alone, or when aggregated with all other
such violations, could be a Material Adverse Event.

1.8

1.9      GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. No Company will conduct its business in such
a way that it will become subject to regulation under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended, or any other Law (other than Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the requirements of any PUC or
public service commission) which regulates the incurrence of Debt.

1.10

1.11     TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. No Company shall enter into any
material transaction with any of its Affiliates (excluding transactions among
or between Borrower and any Guarantor or among Guarantors), other than (i)
transactions in the ordinary course of business and upon fair and reasonable
terms not materially less favorable than such Company could obtain or could
become entitled to in an arm's-length transaction with a Person that was not
its Affiliate, (ii) as permitted under SECTION 9.14(j), (iii) as permitted
under SECTION 9.16(g)(i), and (iv) employee stock options permitted as Equity
Issuances.

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1.12

1.13     NEW BUSINESS. No Company will, directly or indirectly, permit or
suffer to exist any material change in the type of businesses in which it is
engaged from the businesses of the Companies as conducted on the Closing Date.

1.14

1.15     PERMITTED ACQUISITIONS, SUBSIDIARY GUARANTIES, AND COLLATERAL
DOCUMENTS. In connection with each Permitted Acquisition, Borrower shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered to, Administrative Agent each of the items
described on SCHEDULE 7.2, on or before the date specified on such Schedule for
each such item. Borrower shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a
Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower or any Guarantor after the Closing Date
(whether as a result of Acquisition, merger, creation, or otherwise), (a) to
execute a Guaranty on the date such entity becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of
Borrower or any Guarantor and promptly deliver (but in no event later than 10
days following consummation of such creation, Acquisition, or merger) such
Guaranty to Administrative Agent and (b) to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent (as soon as possible, but in no event later than 45 days
following consummation of such creation, Acquisition, or merger) all required
Collateral Documents creating Liens in favor of Administrative Agent on all the
assets of such Domestic Subsidiary. To the extent any Authorization issued by
any FCC or PUC is acquired by Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary (whether
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise), Borrower shall transfer or
shall cause any other Company to transfer any such Authorization to the License
Company.

1.16

1.17     FISCAL YEAR AND ACCOUNTING METHODS. No Company will change its fiscal
year for book accounting purposes or its method of accounting, other than (a)
immaterial changes in methods or as required by GAAP, or (b) in connection with
a Permitted Acquisition, such changes to the newly-acquired entity so as to
conform its fiscal year and its method of accounting to those of the Companies.

1.18

1.19     FINANCIAL HEDGES.

1.20

         (a)      The Companies shall, within 60 days from the date hereof,
         enter into Financial Hedges in a form and upon terms acceptable to
         Administrative Agent, issued by one or more Lenders or an institution
         reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent with a duration of a
         period of at least two years, which, together with the aggregate
         principal amounts outstanding under the Existing Senior Notes, ensure
         that the net interest cost to Borrower is fixed, capped, or hedged
         with respect to at least fifty percent (50%) of the Total Debt of the
         Companies outstanding on the Closing Date; provided, however, that the
         protected rate shall be no greater than 2.5% above the all-in rate on
         the Closing Date hereof.

         (a)      To the extent permitted by this Agreement, the Existing
         Senior Notes, Existing Subordinated Notes, and any permitted issuances
         of Debt pursuant to SECTION 9.12, to the extent any Lender or its
         Affiliate issues a Financial Hedge to any Company, including, without
         limitation, any Financial Hedges with Lenders or their Affiliates
         obtained in satisfaction of the requirements of SECTION 9.26(a), such
         Lender or its Affiliate are afforded the benefits of (and Borrower [or
         any Company by execution of Collateral Documents] hereby confirms a
         grant of) Liens in and to the Collateral as evidenced by the
         Collateral Documents to the extent of such Lender's (or Affiliate
         thereof's) credit exposure under such Financial Hedge; such Lien is
         pari passu with that of Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.

         (a)      Financial Hedges held by any Company whether in satisfaction
         of the requirements of this SECTION 9.26 or as otherwise permitted by
         the Loan Documents, shall be subject to the following: (i) each such
         Lender or other institution issuing a Financial Hedge shall calculate
         its credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; (ii) all
         documentation for such Financial

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         Hedge shall conform to ISDA standards and must be acceptable to
         Administrative Agent with respect to intercreditor issues; (iii) to
         the extent permitted by this Agreement, the Existing Senior Notes,
         Existing Subordinated Notes, and any permitted issuances of Debt
         pursuant to SECTION 9.12, if issued by any Lender or any Affiliate of
         a Lender to Borrower, the credit exposure under such Financial Hedge
         shall be secured by Liens in and to the Collateral as evidenced by the
         Collateral Documents on a pari passu basis with the Liens of
         Administrative Agent (held for the benefit of Lenders), and such
         Lender or Affiliate issuing a Financial Hedge shall, by acceptance of
         the benefits of such Liens in the Collateral agree to the provisions
         of SECTION 12.11; and (iv) such Financial Hedge shall be incurred in
         the ordinary course of business and consistent with prior business
         practices of the Companies and not for speculative purposes.

1.1      ASSIGNMENT. No Company shall assign or transfer any of its Rights,
         duties, or obligations under any of the Loan Documents.

1.2

1.3      AFFILIATE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS. Borrower and each Guarantor
shall, simultaneously with the creation of any and all future Debt of Borrower
or any Guarantor to any one or more Affiliates, other than any Company, cause
the appropriate Affiliate or Affiliates to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent an agreement, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT H,
subordinating the payment of such Debt to the payment of the Obligation.

1.4

1.5      YEAR 2000. Borrower will promptly notify Administrative Agent in the
event Borrower discovers or determines that any computer application (including
those of its suppliers and vendors) that is material to its or any of its
Subsidiaries' business and operations will not be Year 2000 compliant on a
timely basis, except to the extent that such failure could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

1.6

1.7      AMENDMENTS TO DOCUMENTS. Without first obtaining Required Lenders'
prior written consent, no Company shall (a) amend or permit any amendments to
any Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws as in effect on the date of
this Agreement, if such action could adversely affect the Rights of Lenders or
have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) amend or modify (or permit any amendments
or modifications) any Material Contract, if such action could adversely affect
the Rights of Lenders or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect; or (c) amend
any provisions of any Subordinated Debt, Senior Debt, or other Debt arrangement
(i) if such amended provisions are materially more restrictive (as reasonably
determined by Administrative Agent) than the Loan Documents or the provisions
of the Debt instruments being revised, or (ii) if after giving effect thereto a
Default or Potential Default exists or arises under the Loan Documents.

1.8

1.9      MANAGEMENT FEES. No Company may pay (or permit to be paid) any
management fees (other than management fees payable to Borrower or other
Guarantors).

1.1      FINANCIAL COVENANTS. As calculated on a consolidated basis for the
Companies:

1.2

         (a)      Senior Secured Debt to Total Capitalization. At any date of
         determination during the period from the Closing Date through June 30,
         2001, Borrower shall never permit the ratio (expressed as a
         percentage) of (i) Senior Secured Debt to (ii) Total Capitalization to
         exceed 20%.

         (a)      Total Debt to Total Capitalization. At any date of
         determination during the period from March 31, 2000 through June 30,
         2001, Borrower shall never permit the ratio (expressed as a
         percentage) of (i) Total Debt to (ii) Total Capitalization to exceed
         64.0%.

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         (a)      Minimum Revenues. At any date of determination during the
         period from the Closing Date through June 30, 2001, Borrower shall
         never permit the Revenues to be less than the following amounts shown
         in the table below which correspond to the applicable period in which
         such determination is made:

===============================================================================
                   PERIOD                                  MINIMUM REVENUE
===============================================================================
       Closing Date to March 31, 2000                      $  825,000,000
       April 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000                      $  875,000,000
     July 1, 2000 to September 30, 2000                    $  925,000,000
    October 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000                   $1,000,000,000
     January 1, 2001 to March 31, 2001                     $1,075,000,000
       April 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001                      $1,150,000,000
===============================================================================

         (a)      Minimum Operating Cash Flow. During the period from the
         Closing Date to June 30, 2001, Borrower shall never permit the
         Operating Cash Flow of the Companies (determined on a consolidated
         basis) to be less than the amounts show below which corresponds to the
         applicable period in which such determinations are made:

===============================================================================
                   PERIOD                           MINIMUM OPERATING CASH FLOW
===============================================================================
       Closing Date to March 31, 2000                       $ 40,000,000
       April 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000                       $ 45,000,000
     July 1, 2000 to September 30, 2000                     $ 60,000,000
    October 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000                    $ 70,000,000
     January 1, 2001 to March 31, 2001                      $ 95,000,000
       April 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001                       $125,000,000
===============================================================================

         (a)      Senior Secured Debt to Annualized Operating Cash Flow. At any
         date of determination, Borrower shall never permit the ratio of (i)
         Senior Secured Debt to (ii) Annualized Operating Cash Flow, determined
         on a quarterly basis on the last day of each fiscal quarter, to be
         greater than (A) 5.00 to 1.0 for each fiscal quarter during the period
         ending on September 30, 2001; and (B) 4.50 to 1.0 for each fiscal
         quarter from October 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001; and (C) 3.50 to
         1.00 for each fiscal quarter during the period from January 1, 2002 to
         December 31, 2002; and (D) 2.50 to 1 for each fiscal quarter ending
         after January 1, 2003.

         (a)      Total Debt to Annualized Operating Cash Flow. Borrower shall
         never permit the ratio of (i) Total Debt to (ii) Annualized Operating
         Cash Flow, determined on a quarterly basis on the last day of each
         fiscal quarter, to be greater than the ratio shown in the table below
         which corresponds to the applicable period in which such quarter
         occurs:

===============================================================================
                   PERIOD                                      RATIO
===============================================================================
     July 1, 2001 to September 30, 2001                      15.00 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    October 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001                     14.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002                       13.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     July 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002                       11.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003                        9.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003                        8.00 to 1
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      January 1, 2004 to June 30, 2004                       7.00 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     July 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004                       6.00 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005                       5.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Thereafter                                  5.00 to 1
===============================================================================

         (a)      Interest Coverage. Borrower shall never permit the Interest
         Coverage Ratio of the Companies to be less than or equal to the ratio
         shown in the table below which corresponds to the applicable period in
         which such determination is made:

===============================================================================
                   PERIOD                             INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO

===============================================================================
    October 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001                     1.00 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002                     1.15 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003                     1.50 to 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Thereafter                                  2.00 to 1
===============================================================================

         (a)      Capital Expenditures. Borrower shall not make, nor permit any
          Company to make, any Capital Expenditures that would cause the
         aggregate Capital Expenditures made by the Companies in any fiscal
         year to exceed the amount set forth below which corresponds to the
         applicable fiscal year; provided, however, if at the end of any fiscal
         year the amount specified below for Capital Expenditures in such
         fiscal year exceeds the actual amount of Capital Expenditures made by
         the Companies in such fiscal year (the amount of such excess being
         herein referred to as the "EXCESS AMOUNT"), then the Companies shall
         be entitled to increase the amount of permitted Capital Expenditures
         for the succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 100% of such
         Excess Amount, provided, that, in no event shall the total permitted
         Capital Expenditure in any fiscal year exceed the amount set forth in
         the table below by more than 50%:

===============================================================================
                FISCAL YEAR                      PERMITTED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
===============================================================================
                    2000                                  $575,000,000
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                    2001                                  $375,000,000
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                    2002                                  $300,000,000
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                    2003                                  $275,000,000
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            2004 and thereafter                           $250,000,000
===============================================================================

1.1      REGULATORY MATTERS; LICENSE COMPANY. On or prior to January 31, 2000,
Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel, demonstrating
that (a) the Companies have filed all necessary applications and, where
necessary, requests for approval, with the PUCs listed on SCHEDULE 1 to obtain
all necessary Special Regulatory Approvals with respect to the Companies'
incurrence of Debt under the Loan Documents and the related pledge of
Collateral, including, without limitation, the stock of all Domestic
Subsidiaries of Borrower; (b) the Companies have filed all necessary
applications, and where necessary, requests for approval, with the FCC and the
PUCs listed on SCHEDULE 9.33, regarding the transfer of all FCC and PUC
Authorizations owned by Borrower or any Company to a Wholly-owned

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Subsidiary of Borrower (collectively, the "TRANSFER APPROVALS"), which
Subsidiary has and will have no other assets, other than the Authorizations
transferred to such entity by the Companies and certain contracts, agreements,
or other assets that are required by the FCC or a PUC to be held in the same
entity as the entity holding the Authorizations (the "LICENSE COMPANY") and
which License Company shall execute a Guaranty and all necessary Collateral
Documents as required by, and in accordance with, SECTION 6 of this Agreement;
and (c) the License Company has been duly formed and incorporated and is
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and extent of
its business so requires. Borrower shall (and shall cause each Company to) use
diligent efforts to obtain the Special Regulatory Approvals and the Transfer
Approvals and to transfer each Company's FCC and PUC Authorizations to the
License Company. Until such time as all such approvals have been obtained and
all such Authorizations have been transferred to License Company, Borrower
shall deliver to Administrative Agent a monthly report detailing the status of
each application for Special Regulatory Approvals and Transfer Approvals and
the status of the transfers of Authorizations to License Company.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Loan Documents, License Company
may not incur any Debt or create or permit to be created any Lien on its
assets, other than the Obligation and the Liens created by the Collateral
Documents.

1SECTION DEFAULT. The term "DEFAULT" means the occurrence of any one or more of
the following events:

2

2.1      PAYMENT OF OBLIGATION. The failure or refusal of any Company to pay
(a) all or any part of the Principal Debt when the same becomes due (whether by
its terms, by acceleration, or as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents);
(b) any other part of the Obligation on or before five calendar days after the
due date; and (c) the indemnifications and reimbursement obligations provided
for in the Loan Documents after demand therefor.

1.1      COVENANTS. The failure or refusal of Borrower (and, if applicable,
any other Company) to punctually and properly perform, observe, and comply
with:

1.2

         (a)      Any covenant, agreement, or condition contained in SECTIONS
         9.1, 9.3(a),(b), AND (f), 9.4, 9.6, 9.10, 9.12, 9.14 through 9.19,
         9.22, 9.24, 9.27, 9.32, and 9.33; and

         (a)      Any other covenant, agreement, or condition contained in any
         Loan Document (other than the covenants to pay the Obligation set
         forth in SECTION 10.1 and the covenants in SECTION 10.2(a)), and such
         failure or refusal continues for 30 days.

1.1      DEBTOR RELIEF. Borrower or any other Company (a) shall not be
Solvent, (b) fails to pay its Debts generally as they become due, (c)
voluntarily seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the benefit of any Debtor
Relief Law, other than as a creditor or claimant, or (d) becomes a party to or
is made the subject of any proceeding provided for by any Debtor Relief Law,
other than as a creditor or claimant, that could suspend or otherwise adversely
affect the Rights of Administrative Agent or any Lender granted in the Loan
Documents (unless, in the event such proceeding is involuntary, the petition
instituting same is dismissed within 30 days after its filing).

1.2

1.3      JUDGMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS. Any Company fails, within 30 days after
entry, to pay, bond, or otherwise discharge any judgment or order for the
payment of money in excess of $5,000,000 (individually or collectively) or any
warrant of attachment, sequestration, or similar proceeding against any
Company's assets having a value (individually or collectively) of $5,000,000
which is not stayed on appeal.

1.4

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1.5      GOVERNMENT ACTION. (a) A final non-appealable order is issued by any
Governmental Authority, including, but not limited to, the FCC or the United
States Justice Department, seeking to cause any Company to divest a significant
portion of its assets pursuant to any antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair
competition, industry regulation, or similar Laws, or (b) any Governmental
Authority shall condemn, seize, or otherwise appropriate, or take custody or
control of all or any substantial portion of the assets of any Company.

1.6

1.7      MISREPRESENTATION. Any representation or warranty made by any Company
contained in any Loan Document shall at any time prove to have been incorrect
in any material respect when made.

1.8

1.9      CHANGE OF CONTROL. The occurrence of any of the following: (i) the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of
related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Companies, taken as a whole, to any Person or group (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), (ii) the adoption of a plan
relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Borrower, (iii) any Person or
group (as defined above) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock or Total Common Equity
of Borrower, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, (iv) the
first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of
Borrower are not Continuing Directors, and (v) Borrower ceases to own directly
or indirectly 100% of the voting control of the other Companies, except as
permitted by SECTION 9.16 and SECTION 9.18, or, in the case of Digex, reduce
its current ownership except as permitted in SECTION 9.16.

1.10

1.11     AUTHORIZATIONS. (a) Any Authorization necessary for the ownership or
operations of any Company shall expire (the effect of which would be or could
reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the operations of
Borrower or any other Company), and on or prior to such expiration, the same
shall not have been renewed or replaced by another Authorization authorizing
substantially the same operations by such Company or another Company; or (b)
any Authorization necessary for the ownership or operations of any Company
shall be canceled, revoked, terminated, rescinded, annulled, suspended, or
modified in a materially adverse respect, or shall no longer be in full force
and effect, or the grant or the effectiveness thereof shall have been stayed,
vacated, reversed, or set aside (the effect of which would be or could
reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the operations of
Borrower or any other Company); (c) Borrower or any other Company is required
by any Governmental Authority to halt construction or operations under any
Authorization (the effect of which would be or could reasonably be expected to
affect materially and adversely the operations of Borrower or any other
Company), and such action shall continue uncorrected for thirty (30) days after
the applicable entity has received notice thereof; or (d) if any Governmental
Authority shall make any other final non-appealable determination the effect of
which would be or could reasonably be expected to affect materially and
adversely the operations of Borrower or any other Company (taken as a whole) as
now conducted.

1.12

1.13     DEFAULT UNDER OTHER DEBT AND AGREEMENTS. (a) Any Company fails to pay
when due (after lapse of any applicable grace periods) any Debt of such Company
(other than the Obligation or Debt between or among Companies) in excess
(individually or collectively) of $5,000,000; (b) any default exists under any
agreement to which a Company is a party, the effect of which is to cause, or to
permit any Person (other than a Company) to cause, an amount of Debt of such
Company in excess (individually or collectively) of $5,000,000 to become due
and payable by any Company prior to the stated maturity thereof; (c) any Debt
in excess (individually or collectively) of $5,000,000 shall be declared to be
due and payable or required to be prepaid by any Company prior to the stated
maturity thereof; or (d) any default exists under any Material Agreement (other
than Material Agreements among or between Companies) to which a Company is a
party.

1.14

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1.15     VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF LOAN DOCUMENTS. Any Loan Document
shall, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason, cease
to be in full force and effect in any material respect or be declared to be
null and void (other than in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof) or
the validity or enforceability thereof be contested by any Company thereto or
any Company shall deny in writing that it has any or any further liability or
obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.

1.16

1.17     MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT. If any event or condition shall exist which
constitutes a Material Adverse Event (other than a Potential Default) with
respect to the business, operations, properties, prospects, or financial
positions of the Borrower or any other Company.

1.18

1.19     ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY. If any event or condition shall occur or
exist with respect to any activity or substance regulated under the
Environmental Law and as a result of such event or condition, any Company, when
aggregated with any environmental liability for each other Company, shall have
incurred or in the opinion of the banks be reasonably likely to incur a
liability in excess of $5,000,000 liability during any consecutive twelve (12)
month period.

1.20

1.21     EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. (a) Any Company or ERISA Affiliate shall fail
to pay when due an amount or amounts for which it is liable under Title IV of
ERISA, which unpaid amounts exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate; or (b) an ERISA
Event shall occur or exist with respect to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer
Plan, and as a result of such ERISA Event and all other ERISA Events
then-existing, the aggregate liabilities incurred (or in the reasonable
judgment of Required Lenders, likely to be incurred) of the Companies and the
ERISA Affiliates to any Employee Plan, Multiemployer Plan, or the PBGC (or any
combination thereof) shall exceed $5,000,000.

1.22

1.23     PLEDGED STOCK. If (a) Administrative Agent ceases to hold as
Collateral (for the benefit of Lenders) a perfected first priority Lien on (i)
all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Domestic
Subsidiaries issued to Borrower and any Domestic Subsidiary, and (ii) 65% of
the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Foreign Subsidiaries
issued to Borrower and any Domestic Subsidiary, and such failure is not cured
within five Business Days; or (b) any Collateral Document after delivery
thereof pursuant to SECTION 6 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the
terms thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien on and
security interest in the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except as
permitted under the Loan Documents.

1.24

1.25     DISSOLUTION. Borrower or any other Company shall dissolve, liquidate,
or otherwise terminate their existence, except as permitted in SECTION 9.18.

1.26

1.27     PAYMENT OF CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS. The payment directly or
indirectly (including, without limitation, any payment in respect of any
sinking fund, defeasance, redemption, or payment of any dividend or
distribution) by any Company of any amount of any Subordinated Debt, any Senior
Debt, or the Preferred Stock in a manner or at a time during which such payment
is not permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents, or under any instrument
or document evidencing or creating the Preferred Stock, any Senior Debt, or any
Subordinated Debt, including, without limitation, any subordination provisions
set forth therein.

1.28

1.29     DEFAULT OR ACCELERATION UNDER CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS. (i) The
occurrence of any "default," "event of default," or other breach which remains
uncured on any date of determination under or with respect to any agreement
creating or evidencing any Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt, or Preferred Stock
(other than any [default] or breach of the Preferred Stock so long as the sole
remedy is the election of members of the board of directors constituting not
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board of directors); (ii) the trustee with respect to, or any holder of, the
Preferred Stock, the Senior Debt, or any Subordinated Debt shall effectively
declare all or any portion of such Debt or obligation thereunder due and
payable prior to the stated maturity thereof; or (iii) Debt under the Senior
Notes or any Subordinated Debt, or any obligations under the Preferred Stock,
becomes due before its stated maturity by acceleration of the maturity thereof.

1.30

1.31     REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OTHER DEBT OR OBLIGATION. If an event shall
occur, including, without limitation, a "Change in Control" as defined in any
documents evidencing or creating the Existing Senior Notes, any New Senior
Notes, the Preferred Stock, or any agreement evidencing or creating the
Subordinated Debt, and (i) the trustee or the holders of any such Debt or
obligation shall initiate notice to request or require (or any Company shall
automatically be so required) to redeem or repurchase such Debt or obligation,
or (ii) any Company shall initiate notice to holders of the Subordinated Debt,
the holders of any Preferred Stock, or the holders of the Existing Senior Notes
or any New Senior Notes, in connection with a redemption of any Debt or
obligation arising under such agreements or instruments.

1 SECTION RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

2

2.1      REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT .

2.2

         (a)      If a Default exists under SECTION 10.3(c) or 10.3(d), the
                  commitment to extend credit hereunder shall automatically
                  terminate and the entire unpaid balance of the Obligation
                  shall automatically become due and payable without any action
                  or notice of any kind whatsoever.

         (a)      If any Default exists, Administrative Agent may (and, subject
                  to the terms of SECTION 12, shall upon the request of
                  Required Lenders) or Required Lenders may, do any one or more
                  of the following: (i) if the maturity of the Obligation has
                  not already been accelerated under SECTION 11.1(a), declare
                  the entire unpaid balance of the Obligation, or any part
                  thereof, immediately due and payable, whereupon it shall be
                  due and payable; (ii) terminate the commitments of Lenders to
                  extend credit hereunder; (iii) reduce any claim to judgment;
                  (iv) to the extent permitted by Law, exercise (or request
                  each Lender to, and each Lender shall be entitled to,
                  exercise) the Rights of offset or banker's Lien against the
                  interest of Borrower and each other Guarantor in and to every
                  account and other property of such Companies which are in the
                  possession of Administrative Agent or any Lender to the
                  extent of the full amount of the Obligation (to the extent
                  permitted by Law, Borrower being deemed directly obligated to
                  each Lender in the full amount of the Obligation for such
                  purposes); and (v) exercise any and all other legal or
                  equitable Rights afforded by the Loan Documents, the Laws of
                  the State of New York, or any other applicable jurisdiction
                  as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, or otherwise,
                  including, but not limited to, the Right to bring suit or
                  other proceedings before any Governmental Authority either
                  for specific performance of any covenant or condition
                  contained in any of the Loan Documents or in aid of the
                  exercise of any Right granted to Administrative Agent or any
                  Lender in any of the Loan Documents.

1.1      COMPANY WAIVERS. To the extent permitted by Law, the Companies hereby
waive presentment and demand for payment, protest, notice of intention to
accelerate, notice of acceleration, and notice of protest and nonpayment, and
agree that their respective liability with respect to the Obligation (or any
part thereof) shall not be affected by any renewal or extension in the time of
payment of the Obligation (or any part thereof), by any indulgence, or by any
release or change in any security for the payment of the Obligation (or any
part thereof).

1.2      PERFORMANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. If any covenant, duty, or
agreement of any Company is not performed in accordance with the terms of the
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the continuance of a Default, Administrative Agent may, at their option (but
subject to the approval of Required Lenders), perform or attempt to perform
such covenant, duty, or agreement on behalf of such Company. In such event, any
amount expended by Administrative Agent in such performance or attempted
performance shall be payable by the Companies, jointly and severally, to
Administrative Agent on demand, shall become part of the Obligation, and shall
bear interest at the Default Rate from the date of such expenditure by
Administrative Agent until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly
understood that Administrative Agent do not assume, and shall never have,
except by their express written consent, any liability or responsibility for
the performance of any covenant, duty, or agreement of any Company.

1.3

1.4      DELEGATION OF DUTIES AND RIGHTS. Lenders may perform any of their
duties or exercise any of their Rights under the Loan Documents by or through
their respective Representatives.

1.5

1.6      NOT IN CONTROL. Nothing in any Loan Document shall, or shall be
deemed to (a) give any Agent or any Lender the Right to exercise control over
the assets (including real property), affairs, or management of any Company,
(b) preclude or interfere with compliance by any Company with any Law, or (c)
require any act or omission by any Company that may be harmful to Persons or
property. Any "Material Adverse Event" or other materiality qualifier in any
representation, warranty, covenant, or other provision of any Loan Document is
included for credit documentation purposes only and shall not, and shall not be
deemed to, mean that any Agent or any Lender acquiesces in any non-compliance
by any Company with any Law or document, or that any Agent or any Lender does
not expect the Companies to promptly, diligently, and continuously carry out
all appropriate removal, remediation, and termination activities required or
appropriate in accordance with all Environmental Laws. The Agents and the
Lenders have no fiduciary relationship with or fiduciary duty to Borrower or
any Company arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the Agents and the Lenders, on the one hand, and Borrower
and the Companies, on the other hand, in connection with the Loan Documents is
solely that of debtor and creditor. The power of the Agents and Lenders under
the Loan Documents is limited to the Rights provided in the Loan Documents,
which Rights exist solely to assure payment and performance of the Obligation
and may be exercised in a manner calculated by the Agents and Lenders in their
respective good faith business judgment.

1.7

1.8      COURSE OF DEALING. The acceptance by Administrative Agent or Lenders
at any time and from time to time of partial payment on the Obligation shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default then existing. No waiver by
Administrative Agent, Required Lenders, or Lenders of any Default shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any other then-existing or subsequent Default. No
delay or omission by Administrative Agent, Required Lenders, or Lenders in
exercising any Right under the Loan Documents shall impair such Right or be
construed as a waiver thereof or any acquiescence therein, nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any such Right preclude other or further exercise
thereof, or the exercise of any other Right under the Loan Documents or
otherwise.

1.9

1.10     CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. All Rights available to Administrative Agent and
Lenders under the Loan Documents are cumulative of and in addition to all other
Rights granted to Administrative Agent and Lenders at law or in equity, whether
or not the Obligation is due and payable and whether or not Administrative
Agent or Lenders have instituted any suit for collection, foreclosure, or other
action in connection with the Loan Documents.

1.11

1.12     APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Any and all proceeds ever received by
Administrative Agent or Lenders from the exercise of any Rights pertaining to
the Obligation shall be applied to the Obligation in the order and manner set
forth in SECTION 3.11.

1.13

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1.14     CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. Borrower will promptly execute and deliver, or
cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates,
instruments, registration statements, and all other documents and papers
Administrative Agent or Lenders may reasonably request in connection with the
obtaining of any consent, approval, registration, qualification, permit,
license, or Authorization of any Governmental Authority or other Person
necessary or appropriate for the effective exercise of any Rights under the
Loan Documents. Because Borrower agrees that Administrative Agent's and
Lenders' remedies at Law for failure of Borrower to comply with the provisions
of this Section would be inadequate and that such failure would not be
adequately compensable in damages, Borrower agrees that the covenants of this
Section may be specifically enforced.

1.15

1.16     LIMITATION OF RIGHTS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, any action taken or proposed to be taken
by Administrative Agent, any Agent, or any Lender under any Loan Document which
would affect the operational, voting, or other control of any Company or
Guarantor, shall be pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of
1934 (as amended), any applicable state Law, and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder and, if and to the extent required thereby, subject to
the prior consent of the FCC or any applicable PUC.

1.17

1.18     EXPENDITURES BY LENDERS. Borrower shall promptly pay within fifteen
(15) Business Days after request therefor (a) all reasonable costs, fees, and
expenses paid or incurred by Administrative Agent, Arranging Agents, and Lead
Arranger, incident to any Loan Document (including, but not limited to, the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to Administrative Agent, Arranging
Agents, and Lead Arranger and the allocated cost of internal counsel in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, delivery, execution, coordination
and administration of the Loan Documents and any related amendment, waiver, or
consent) and (b) all reasonable costs and expenses of Lenders and
Administrative Agent incurred by Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the enforcement of the obligations of any Company or Guarantor
arising under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with any workout or bankruptcy) or the exercise
of any Rights arising under the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys' fees including allocated cost of internal counsel, court
costs and other costs of collection), all of which shall be a part of the
Obligation and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date due until
the date repaid.

1.19

1.20     INDEMNIFICATION. BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR (BY EXECUTION OF A
GUARANTY) AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH AGENT, ARRANGING AGENT,
LEAD ARRANGER, AND EACH LENDER AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AND
ADVISORS (EACH, AN "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS,
DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES) THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED OR
AWARDED AGAINST ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY, IN EACH CASE ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH OR BY REASON OF (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR PROCEEDING OR PREPARATION OF DEFENSE IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH) THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREIN OR THE ACTUAL OR PROPOSED USE OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BORROWINGS
(INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNIFIED
PARTY), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS, LIABILITY, COST, OR
EXPENSE IS FOUND IN A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED FROM SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION OR OTHER
PROCEEDING TO WHICH THE INDEMNITY IN THIS SECTION 11.12 APPLIES, SUCH INDEMNITY
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING
IS BROUGHT BY THE BORROWER, ITS DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS OR CREDITORS OR AN
INDEMNIFIED PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ANY

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INDEMNIFIED PARTY IS OTHERWISE A PARTY THERETO AND WHETHER OR NOT THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY ARE CONSUMMATED. BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR
(BY EXECUTION OF A GUARANTY) AGREE NOT TO ASSERT ANY CLAIM AGAINST ANY
INDEMNIFIED PARTY ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THE ACTUAL OR
PROPOSED USE OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BORROWINGS. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE
SURVIVAL OF ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OF BORROWER OR GUARANTORS HEREUNDER, THE
AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER AND EACH GUARANTOR CONTAINED IN THIS
SECTION 11.12 SHALL SURVIVE THE PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE BORROWINGS AND ALL OTHER
AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

1 SECTION AGREEMENT AMONG LENDERS.

2

2.1      ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT .

2.2

         (a)      Appointment of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby
         appoints Bank of America, N.A. (and Bank of America, N.A. hereby
         accepts such appointment) as its nominee and agent, in its name and on
         its behalf: (i) to act as nominee for and on behalf of such Lender in
         and under all Loan Documents; (ii) to arrange the means whereby the
         funds of Lenders are to be made available to Borrower under the Loan
         Documents; (iii) to take such action as may be requested by any Lender
         under the Loan Documents (when such Lender is entitled to make such
         request under the Loan Documents and after such requesting Lender has
         obtained the concurrence of such other Lenders as may be required
         under the Loan Documents); (iv) to receive all documents and items to
         be furnished to Lenders under the Loan Documents; (v) to timely
         distribute, and Administrative Agent agrees to so distribute, to each
         Lender all material information, requests, documents, and items
         received from Borrower under the Loan Documents; (vi) to promptly
         distribute to each Lender its ratable part of each payment or
         prepayment (whether voluntary, as proceeds of collateral upon or after
         foreclosure, as proceeds of insurance thereon, or otherwise) in
         accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; (vii) to deliver to
         the appropriate Persons requests, demands, approvals, and consents
         received from Lenders; and (viii) to execute, on behalf of Lenders,
         such releases or other documents or instruments as are permitted by
         the Loan Documents or as directed by Lenders from time to time;
         provided, however, Administrative Agent shall not be required to take
         any action which exposes Administrative Agent to personal liability or
         which is contrary to the Loan Documents or applicable Law.

         (a)      Resignation of Administrative Agent. Successor Administrative
         Agent. Administrative Agent may resign at any time as Administrative
         Agent under the Loan Documents by giving written notice thereof to
         Lenders and may be removed as Administrative Agent under the Loan
         Documents at any time with cause by Required Lenders. Should the
         initial or any successor Administrative Agent ever cease to be a party
         hereto or should the initial or any successor Administrative Agent
         ever resign or be removed as Administrative Agent, then Required
         Lenders shall elect the successor Administrative Agent, upon
         consultation with Borrower (so long as no Default or Potential Default
         exists), from among the Lenders (other than the resigning
         Administrative Agent). If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
         been so appointed by Required Lenders, within 30 days after the
         retiring Administrative Agent's giving of notice of resignation or
         Required Lenders' removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then
         the retiring Administrative Agent may, upon consultation with Borrower
         (so long as no Default or Potential Default exists), on behalf of
         Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a
         commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least
         $1,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
         Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents by a

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         successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent
         shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the Rights of
         the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
         Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations of
         Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and each Lender shall
         execute such documents as any Lender may reasonably request to reflect
         such change in and under the Loan Documents. After any retiring
         Administrative Agent's resignation or removal as Administrative Agent
         under the Loan Documents, the provisions of this SECTION 12 shall
         inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by
         it while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

         (a)      Administrative Agent as a Lender. Non-Fiduciary.
         Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, shall have the same
         Rights under the Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise
         the same as though it were not acting as Administrative Agent; the
         term "Lender" shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include
         Administrative Agent; and any resignation, or removal of
         Administrative Agent hereunder shall not impair or otherwise affect
         any Rights which it has or may have in its capacity as an individual
         Lender. Each Lender and Borrower agree that Administrative Agent is
         not a fiduciary for Lenders or for Borrower but simply is acting in
         the capacity described herein to alleviate administrative burdens for
         both Borrower and Lenders, that Administrative Agent has no duties or
         responsibilities to Lenders or Borrower except those expressly set
         forth herein, and that Administrative Agent in its capacity as a
         Lender has all Rights of any other Lender.

         (a)      Other Activities of Administrative Agent. Administrative

         Agent and its Affiliates may now or hereafter be engaged in one or
         more loan, letter of credit, leasing, or other financing transactions
         with Borrower, act as trustee or depositary for Borrower, or otherwise
         be engaged in other transactions with Borrower (collectively, the
         "OTHER ACTIVITIES") not the subject of the Loan Documents. Without
         limiting the Rights of Lenders specifically set forth in the Loan
         Documents, Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall not be
         responsible to account to Lenders for such other activities, and no
         Lender shall have any interest in any other activities, any present or
         future guaranties by or for the account of Borrower which are not
         contemplated or included in the Loan Documents, any present or future
         offset exercised by Administrative Agent and its Affiliates in respect
         of such other activities, any present or future property taken as
         security for any such other activities, or any property now or
         hereafter in the possession or control of Administrative Agent or its
         Affiliates which may be or become security for the obligations of
         Borrower arising under the Loan Documents by reason of the general
         description of indebtedness secured or of property contained in any
         other agreements, documents or instruments related to any such other
         activities; provided that, if any payments in respect of such
         guaranties or such property or the proceeds thereof shall be applied
         to reduction of the Obligation arising under the Loan Documents, then
         each Lender shall be entitled to share in such application ratably.

1.1      EXPENSES. Upon demand by Administrative Agent, each Lender shall pay
its Pro Rata Part of any reasonable expenses (including, without limitation,
court costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, and other costs of collection)
incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with any of the Loan Documents
if and to the extent Administrative Agent does not receive reimbursement
therefor from other sources within 60 days after incurred; provided that, each
Lender shall be entitled to receive its Pro Rata Part of any reimbursement for
such expenses, or part thereof, which Administrative Agent subsequently
receives from such other sources.

1.2

1.3      PROPORTIONATE ABSORPTION OF LOSSES. Except as otherwise provided in
the Loan Documents, nothing in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to give any
Lender any advantage over any other Lender insofar as the Obligation arising
under the Loan Documents is concerned, or to relieve any Lender from

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absorbing its Pro Rata Part of any losses sustained with respect to the
Obligation (except to the extent such losses result from unilateral actions or
inactions of any Lender that are not made in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents).

1.4

1.5      DELEGATION OF DUTIES; RELIANCE. Administrative Agent may perform any

of its duties or exercise any of its Rights under the Loan Documents by or
through its Representatives. Administrative Agent and its Representatives shall
(a) be entitled to rely upon (and shall be protected in relying upon) any
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
cablegram, telecopy, telegram, telex or teletype message, statement, order, or
other documents or conversation believed by it or them to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or made by the proper Person and, with respect
to legal matters, upon opinion of counsel selected by Administrative Agent, (b)
be entitled to deem and treat each Lender as the owner and holder of the
Principal Debt owed to such Lender for all purposes until, subject to SECTION
13.13, written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been
given to and received by Administrative Agent (and any request, authorization,
consent, or approval of any Lender shall be conclusive and binding on each
subsequent holder, assignee, or transferee of the Principal Debt owed to such
Lender or portion thereof until such notice is given and received), (c) not be
deemed to have notice of the occurrence of a Default or Potential Default
unless a responsible officer of Administrative Agent, who handles matters
associated with the Loan Documents and transactions thereunder, has received
written notice from a Lender or Borrower and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default," and (d) be entitled to consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for Borrower), independent accountants, and other experts
selected by Administrative Agent and shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of
such counsel, accountants or experts.

1.1      LIMITATION OF LIABILITY .

         (a)      General. None of the Agents or any of their respective
         Representatives shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
         taken by it or them under the Loan Documents in good faith and
         reasonably believed by it or them to be within the discretion or power
         conferred upon it or them by the Loan Documents or be responsible for
         the consequences of any error of judgment, except for fraud, gross
         negligence, or willful misconduct; and none of the Agents or any of
         their respective Representatives has a fiduciary relationship with any
         Lender by virtue of the Loan Documents (provided that, nothing herein
         shall negate the obligation of Administrative Agent or to account for
         funds received by it for the account of any Lender).

         (a)      Non-Discretionary Actions. Indemnifications. Unless
         indemnified to its satisfaction against loss, cost, liability, and
         expense, neither Administrative Agent nor any other Agent shall be
         compelled to do any act under the Loan Documents or to take any action
         toward the execution or enforcement of the powers thereby created or
         to prosecute or defend any suit in respect of the Loan Documents. If
         Administrative Agent requests instructions from Lenders or Required
         Lenders, as the case may be, with respect to any act or action
         (including, but not limited to, any failure to act) in connection with
         any Loan Document, Administrative Agent shall be entitled (but shall
         not be required) to refrain (without incurring any liability to any
         Person by so refraining) from such act or action unless and until it
         has received such instructions. Except where action of Required
         Lenders or all Lenders is required in the Loan Documents,
         Administrative Agent may act hereunder in its own discretion without
         requesting instructions. In no event, however, shall Administrative
         Agent or any of its respective Representatives be required to take any
         action which it or they determine could incur for it or them criminal
         or onerous civil liability. Without limiting the generality of the
         foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action against
         Administrative Agent as a result of Administrative Agent's acting or
         refraining from acting

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         hereunder in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or
         all Lenders if required in the Loan Documents).

         (a)      Independent Credit Decision. Administrative Agent nor any
         other Agent shall be responsible in any manner to any Lender or any
         Participant for, and each Lender represents and warrants that it has
         not relied upon Administrative Agent or any other Agent in respect of,
         (i) the creditworthiness of any Company or any Guarantor and the risks
         involved to such Lender, (ii) the effectiveness, enforceability,
         genuineness, validity, or the due execution of any Loan Document,
         (iii) any representation, warranty, document, certificate, report, or
         statement made therein or furnished thereunder or in connection
         therewith, (iv) the existence, priority, or perfection of any Lien
         hereafter granted or purported to be granted under any Loan Document,
         or (v) observation of or compliance with any of the terms, covenants,
         or conditions of any Loan Document on the part of any Company or
         Guarantor. Each Lender agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent and
         its respective Representatives and hold them harmless from and against
         (but limited to such Lender's Pro Rata Part of) any and all
         liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
         judgments, suits, costs, reasonable expenses, and reasonable
         disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
         on, asserted against, or incurred by them in any way relating to or
         arising out of the Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by
         them under the Loan Documents (INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING ARISING
         FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES),
         to the extent Administrative Agent and its respective Representatives
         are not reimbursed for such amounts by any Company (provided that,
         Administrative Agent, and its respective Representatives shall not
         have the Right to be indemnified hereunder for its or their own fraud,
         gross negligence, or willful misconduct).

1.1      DEFAULT; COLLATERAL .

1.2

         (a)      Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Default, Lenders
         agree to promptly confer in order that Required Lenders or Lenders, as
         the case may be, may agree upon a course of action for the enforcement
         of the Rights of Lenders; and Administrative Agent shall be entitled
         to refrain from taking any action (without incurring any liability to
         any Person for so refraining) unless and until Administrative Agent
         shall have received instructions from Required Lenders. All Rights of
         action under the Loan Documents and all Rights to the Collateral, if
         any, hereunder may be enforced by Administrative Agent or and any suit
         or proceeding instituted by Administrative Agent or in furtherance of
         such enforcement shall be brought in their respective names as
         Administrative Agent without the necessity of joining as plaintiffs or
         defendants any other Lender, and the recovery of any judgment shall be
         for the benefit of Lenders subject to the expenses of Administrative.
         In actions with respect to any property of Borrower, Administrative
         Agent is acting for the ratable benefit of each Lender. Any and all
         agreements to subordinate (whether made heretofore or hereafter) other
         indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to the Obligation shall be
         construed as being for the ratable benefit of each Lender.

         (a)      Each Lender authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to
         enter into the Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Lenders.
         Except to the extent unanimity is required hereunder, each Lender
         agrees that any action taken by the Required Lenders in accordance
         with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the
         Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together
         with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be
         authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders.

         (a)      Administrative Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of
         the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent
         from any Lender, from time to time to take any

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         action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which
         may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon the
         Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

         (a)      Administrative Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to
         any Lender or to any other Person to assure that the Collateral exists
         or is owned by any Company or is cared for, protected, or insured or
         has been encumbered or that the Liens granted to Administrative Agent
         herein or pursuant hereto have been properly or sufficiently or
         lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced, or are entitled
         to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular
         manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to
         continue exercising, any of the Rights granted or available to
         Administrative Agent in this SECTION 12.6 or in any of the Collateral
         Documents; it being understood and agreed that in respect of the
         Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto,
         Administrative Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in
         its sole discretion, given Administrative Agent's own interest in the
         Collateral as one of the Lenders and that Administrative Agent shall
         have no duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender, other than to act
         without gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

         (a)      Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Administrative Agent, at
         its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or
         held by Administrative Agent upon any Collateral: (i) upon termination
         of the Total Commitment and payment and satisfaction of the
         Obligation; (ii) constituting property in which no Company owned an
         interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter;
         (iii) constituting property leased to a Company under a lease which
         has expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under the
         Loan Document or is about to expire and which has not been, and is not
         intended by such Company to be, renewed; (iv) consisting of an
         instrument evidencing Debt pledged to Administrative Agent (for the
         benefit of Lenders), if the Debt evidenced thereby has been paid in
         full; (v) upon the sale, transfer, or disposition of Collateral which
         is expressly permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents, including,
         without limitation, under SECTION 9.16; (vi) as contemplated in
         SECTION 6.5, or (vii) if approved, authorized, or ratified in writing
         by all necessary Lenders. Upon request by Administrative Agent at any
         time, Lenders will confirm in writing Administrative Agent's authority
         to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this
         SECTION 12.6.

         (a)      In furtherance of the authorizations set forth in this
         SECTION 12.6, each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Administrative
         Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for and
         on behalf of and in the name of each such Lender, (i) to enter into
         Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, any appointments
         of substitute trustees under any Collateral Document), (ii) to take
         action with respect to the Collateral and Collateral Documents to
         perfect, maintain, and preserve Lender's Liens, and (iii) to execute
         instruments of release or to take other action necessary to release
         Liens upon any Collateral to the extent authorized in PARAGRAPH (e)
         hereof. This power of attorney shall be liberally, not restrictively,
         construed so as to give the greatest latitude to Administrative
         Agent's power, as attorney, relative to the Collateral matters
         described in this SECTION 12.6. The powers and authorities herein
         conferred on Administrative Agent may be exercised by Administrative
         Agent through any Person who, at the time of the execution of a
         particular instrument, is an officer of Administrative Agent. The
         power of attorney conferred by this SECTION 12.6(f) is granted for
         valuable consideration and is coupled with an interest and is
         irrevocable so long as the Obligation, or any part thereof, shall
         remain unpaid or Lenders are obligated to make any Borrowings under
         the Loan Documents.

1.1      LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. To the extent permitted by Law, (a) neither
Administrative Agent nor any other Agent (acting in their respective agent
capacities) shall incur any liability to any other Lender,

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Agent, or Participant except for acts or omissions resulting from its own
fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and (b) neither Administrative
Agent nor any other Agent, Lender, or Participant shall incur any liability to
any other Person for any act or omission of any other Lender, Agent, or
Participant.

1.2

1.3      RELATIONSHIP OF LENDERS. Nothing herein shall be construed as
creating a partnership or joint venture among Agents and Lenders.

1.4

1.5      BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT. None of the provisions of this SECTION 12
shall inure to the benefit of any Company, Guarantor, or any other Person other
than Lenders; consequently, no Company, Guarantor, or any other Person shall be
entitled to rely upon, or to raise as a defense, in any manner whatsoever, the
failure of any Agent or any Lender to comply with such provisions.

1.6

1.7      AGENTS. None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as
"Syndication Agent," "Documentation Agent," or "Arranging Agent," shall have
any rights, powers, obligations, liabilities, responsibilities, or duties under
the Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without
limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders so identified as a "Syndication
Agent," "Documentation Agent," or "Arranging Agent," shall have or be deemed to
have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender.

1.8

1.9      OBLIGATIONS SEVERAL. The obligations of Lenders hereunder are
several, and each Lender hereunder shall not be responsible for the obligations
of the other Lenders hereunder, nor will the failure of one Lender to perform
any of its obligations hereunder relieve the other Lenders from the performance
of their respective obligations hereunder

1.10

1.11     FINANCIAL HEDGES. To the extent any Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender issues a Financial Hedge in accordance with the requirements of the Loan
Documents and accepts the benefits of the Liens in the Collateral arising
pursuant to the Collateral Documents (to the extent permitted by the Existing
Senior Notes, Existing Subordinated Notes, and any permitted issuances of Debt
pursuant to SECTION 9.12), such Lender (for itself and on behalf of any such
Affiliates) agrees (i) to appoint Bank of America, N.A., as its nominee and
agent, to act for and on behalf of such Lender or Affiliate thereof in
connection with the Collateral Documents and (ii) to be bound by the terms of
this SECTION 12; whereupon all references to "Lender" in this SECTION 12 and in
the Collateral Documents shall include, on any date of determination, any
Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is party to a then-effective Financial
Hedge which complies with the requirements of the Loan Document. Additionally,
if the Obligation owed to any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender consists solely
of Debt arising under a Financial Hedge (such Lender or Affiliate being
referred to in this SECTION 12.12 as an "ISSUING LENDER"), then such Issuing
Lender (by accepting the benefits of any Collateral Documents) acknowledges and
agrees that pursuant to the Loan Documents and without notice to or consent of
such Issuing Lender: (i) Liens in the Collateral may be released in whole or in
part; (ii) all Guaranties may be released; (iii) any Collateral Document may be
amended, modified, supplemented, or restated; and (iv) all or any part of the
Collateral may be permitted to secure other Debt.

1 SECTION MISCELLANEOUS.

2

2.1      HEADINGS. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in any of the
Loan Documents are, unless specified otherwise, for convenience only and shall
not be deemed to limit, amplify, or modify the terms of the Loan Documents, nor
affect the meaning thereof.

1.1      NONBUSINESS DAYS. In any case where any payment or action is due
under any Loan Document on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or
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Business Day, but interest and fees shall continue to accrue in respect of any
payment to which it is applicable until such payment is in fact made; provided
that, if, in the case of any such payment in respect of a Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing, the next-succeeding Business Day is in the next calendar month, then
such payment shall be made on the next-preceding Business Day.

1.2

1.3      COMMUNICATIONS. Unless specifically otherwise provided, whenever any
Loan Document requires or permits any consent, approval, notice, request, or
demand from one party to another, such communication must be in writing (which
may be by telex or telecopy) to be effective and shall be deemed to have been
given (a) if by telex, when transmitted to the telex number, if any, for such
party, and the appropriate answer back is received, (b) if by telecopy, when
transmitted to the telecopy number for such party (and all such communications
sent by telecopy shall be confirmed promptly thereafter by personal delivery or
mailing in accordance with the provisions of this Section; provided, that any
requirement in this parenthetical shall not affect the date on which such
telecopy shall be deemed to have been delivered), (c) if by mail, on the third
Business Day after it is enclosed in an envelope, properly addressed to such
party, properly stamped, sealed, and deposited in the appropriate official
postal service, or (d) if by any other means, when actually delivered to such
party. Until changed by notice pursuant hereto, the address (and telex and
telecopy numbers, if any) for Administrative Agent and each Lender,
Administrative Agent, and other Agents is set forth on SCHEDULE 2.1, and for
Borrower and each Company is the address set forth by Borrower's signature on
the signature page of this Agreement and for each Guarantor is the address set
forth by such Guarantor's signature on the signature page of its Guaranty. A
copy of each communication to Administrative Agent shall also be sent to Haynes
and Boone, LLP, 901 Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75202, Fax: 214/651-5940, Attn:
Karen S. Nelson.

1.4

1.5      FORM AND NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS. Each agreement, document, instrument,
or other writing to be furnished under any provision of the Loan Documents must
be in form and substance and in such number of counterparts as may be
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel.

1.6

1.7      EXCEPTIONS TO COVENANTS. No Company or Guarantor shall take any
action or fail to take any action which is permitted as an exception to any of
the covenants contained in any Loan Document if such action or omission would
result in the breach of any other covenant contained in any of the Loan
Documents.

1.8

1.9      SURVIVAL. All covenants, agreements, undertakings, representations,
and warranties made in any of the Loan Documents shall survive all closings
under the Loan Documents and, except as otherwise indicated, shall not be
affected by any investigation made by any party. All Rights of, and provisions
relating to, reimbursement and indemnification of Administrative Agent, any
Agent, or any Lender (and any other provision of the Loan Documents that
expressly provide for such survival) shall survive termination of this
Agreement and payment in full of the Obligation.

1.10

1.11     GOVERNING LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION
GOVERN THE CREATION, PERFECTION, VALIDITY, OR ENFORCEMENT OF LIENS UNDER THE
COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS), AND THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA SHALL GOVERN THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

1.12

1.13     INVALID PROVISIONS. If any provision in any Loan Document is held to
be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable;
the appropriate Loan Document shall be construed and enforced as if such
provision had never comprised a part thereof; and the remaining provisions

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thereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by such
provision or by its severance therefrom. Administrative Agent, Lenders, and
each Company and Guarantor party to such Loan Document agree to negotiate, in
good faith, the terms of a replacement provision as similar to the severed
provision as may be possible and be legal, valid, and enforceable.

1.14

1.15     ENTIRETY. THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANIES, GUARANTORS,
LENDERS, AND AGENTS SHALL BE DETERMINED SOLELY FROM WRITTEN AGREEMENTS,
DOCUMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS, AND ANY PRIOR ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES
ARE SUPERSEDED BY AND MERGED INTO SUCH WRITINGS. THIS AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED IN
WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME) AND THE OTHER WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED BY ANY
COMPANY, ANY GUARANTOR, ANY LENDER, AND/OR ANY AGENT (TOGETHER WITH ALL
COMMITMENT LETTERS AND FEE LETTERS AS THEY RELATE TO THE PAYMENT OF FEES AFTER
THE CLOSING DATE) REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANIES, THE
GUARANTORS, LENDERS, AND AGENTS, AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF
PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BY SUCH PARTIES. THERE
ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES.

1.16

1.17     JURISDICTION; VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY
HERETO, IN EACH CASE FOR ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, HEREBY (A)
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE (PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND FEDERAL COURTS
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND AGREES AND
CONSENTS THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON IT IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATION BY
SERVICE OF PROCESS AS PROVIDED BY NEW YORK LAW, (B) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, (C)
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIMS THAT ANY LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS
BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (D) AGREES TO DESIGNATE AND MAINTAIN AN
AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH LITIGATION
AND TO DELIVER TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT EVIDENCE THEREOF, IF REQUESTED, (E)
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
COURTS IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY CERTIFIED
MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, POSTAGE PREPAID, AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH
HEREIN, (F) IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY PARTY
HERETO ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE
OBLIGATION SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS, AND (G)
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ITS RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING
OUT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. The scope of
each of the foregoing waivers is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all
disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter
of this transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort
claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims.
The Companies and each other party to this Agreement acknowledge that this
waiver is a material inducement to the agreement of each party hereto to enter
into a business relationship, that each has already relied on this waiver in
entering into this Agreement, and each will continue to rely on each of such
waivers in related future dealings. The Companies and each other party to this
Agreement warrant and represent that they have reviewed these waivers with
their legal counsel, and that they knowingly and voluntarily agree to each such
waiver following consultation with legal counsel. THE WAIVERS IN THIS SECTION
13.10 ARE IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR
IN WRITING, AND THESE WAIVERS SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,

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SUPPLEMENTS, AND REPLACEMENTS TO OR OF THIS OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT. In the
event of Litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a
trial by the court.

1.1      AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS, CONFLICTS, AND WAIVERS .

1.2

         (a)      Except as otherwise specifically provided, (i) this Agreement
         may only be amended, modified or waived by an instrument in writing
         executed jointly by Borrower and Required Lenders, and, in the case of
         any matter affecting Administrative Agent (except removal of
         Administrative Agent as provided in SECTION 12) by Administrative
         Agent, and may only be supplemented by documents delivered or to be
         delivered in accordance with the express terms hereof, and (ii) the
         other Loan Documents may only be the subject of an amendment,
         modification, or waiver if Borrower and Required Lenders, and, in the
         case of any matter affecting Administrative Agent (except as set forth
         above), Administrative Agent, have approved same.

         (a)      Any amendment to or consent or waiver under or any Loan
         Document which purports to accomplish any of the following must be by
         an instrument in writing executed by Borrower and executed (or
         approved, as the case may be) by each Lender affected thereby, and, in
         the case of any matter affecting Administrative Agent, by
         Administrative Agent: (i) postpones or delays any date fixed by the
         Loan Documents for any payment or mandatory prepayment of all or any
         part of the Obligation payable to such Lender or Administrative Agent
         or any scheduled reduction of the Revolver Commitment, the
         Telecommunications Commitment, or the Maximum Receivables Commitment;
         (ii) reduces the interest rate or decreases the amount of any payment
         of principal, interest, fees, or other sums payable to Administrative
         Agent or any such Lender hereunder (except such reductions as are
         contemplated by this Agreement); (iii) changes the definition of
         "REQUIRED LENDERS"; (iv) except as set forth in CLAUSE (c) below,
         changes the order of application of any payment or prepayment set
         forth in SECTIONS 3.2 and 3.11 in any manner that materially affects
         such Lender or Administrative Agent; (v) except as otherwise permitted
         by any Loan Document, waives compliance with, amends, or releases all
         or any substantial portion of Guaranties except as contemplated in
         SECTION 6.4; (vi) releases all or any substantial portion of
         Collateral for the Obligation or permits the creation, incurrence,
         assumption, or existence of any Lien on all or substantially all of
         the Collateral to secure any obligations, other than Liens securing
         the Obligation except as contemplated in SECTION 6.4; (vii) changes
         this CLAUSE (b) or any other matter specifically requiring the consent
         of all Lenders hereunder. Without the consent of such Lender, no
         Lender's "COMMITTED SUM" under any Facility or "COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE"
         may be increased.

         (a)      Any conflict or ambiguity between the terms and provisions
         herein and terms and provisions in any other Loan Document shall be
         controlled by the terms and provisions herein.

(a)      No course of dealing nor any failure or delay by Administrative Agent,
         any Lender, or any of their respective Representatives with respect to
         exercising any Right of Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder
         shall operate as a waiver thereof. A waiver must be in writing and
         signed by Administrative Agent and Required Lenders (or by all
         Lenders, if required hereunder) to be effective, and such waiver will
         be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
         purpose for which it is given.

1.1      MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS. The Loan Documents may be executed in a number
of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all
purposes and all of which constitute, collectively, one agreement; but, in
making proof of any Loan Document, it shall not be necessary to

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produce or account for more than one such counterpart. It is not necessary that
each Lender execute the same counterpart so long as identical counterparts are
executed by Borrower, each Lender, and Administrative Agent. This Agreement
shall become effective when counterparts hereof shall have been executed and
delivered to Administrative Agent by each Lender, Administrative Agent, and
Borrower, or, when Administrative Agent shall have received telecopied,
telexed, or other evidence satisfactory to it that such party has executed and
is delivering to Administrative Agent a counterpart hereof.

1.1      SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS .

1.2

         (a)      This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the
         benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
         assigns, except that (i) Borrower may not, directly or indirectly,
         assign or transfer, or attempt to assign or transfer, any of its
         Rights, duties or obligations under any Loan Documents without the
         express written consent of all Lenders, and (ii) except as permitted
         under this Section, no Lender may transfer, pledge, assign, sell any
         participation in, or otherwise encumber its portion of the Obligation.

         (a)      Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all
         or a portion of its Rights and obligations under the Loan Documents
         (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Borrowings and
         its Notes); provided, however, that:

                  (i)      each such assignment shall be to an Eligible
                  Assignee;

                  (i)      except in the case of an assignment to another
                  Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's Rights and
                  obligations under the Loan Documents, any partial assignment
                  in any Facility shall be in an amount at least equal to
                  $5,000,000;

                  (i)      each such assignment in any Facility by a Lender
                  shall be of a constant, and not varying, percentage of all of
                  its Rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
                  Notes; except that this CLAUSE (iii) shall not be construed
                  to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all of
                  the assigning Lender's Rights and obligations in respect of
                  one Facility; and

                  (i)      the parties to such assignment shall execute and
                  deliver to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance an
                  Assignment and Acceptance Agreement in the form of EXHIBIT F
                  hereto, together with any Notes subject to such assignment
                  and a processing fee of $3,500.

         Upon execution, delivery, and acceptance of such Assignment and
         Acceptance Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
         and, to the extent of such assignment, have the obligations, Rights,
         and benefits of a Lender under the Loan Documents and the assigning
         Lender shall, to the extent of such assignment, relinquish its rights
         and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents. Upon
         the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this Section, but only
         upon the request of the assignor or assignee made through
         Administrative Agent, Borrower shall issue appropriate Notes to the
         assignor and the assignee, reflecting such Assignment and Acceptance.
         If the assignee is not incorporated under the laws of the United
         States of America or a state thereof, it shall deliver to Borrower and
         Administrative Agent certification as to exemption from deduction or
         withholding of Taxes in accordance with SECTION 4.6.

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         (a)      Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred
         to in SECTION 13.3 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
         delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of
         the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment, and
         principal amount of the Borrowings owing to, each Lender from time to
         time (the "REGISTER"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive
         and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Borrower,
         Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name
         is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of
         the Loan Documents. The Register shall be available for inspection by
         Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time
         upon reasonable prior notice. Upon the consummation of any assignment
         in accordance with this SECTION 13.13, SCHEDULE 2.1 shall
         automatically be deemed amended (to the extent required) by
         Administrative Agent to reflect the name, address, and respective
         Committed Sums under the Revolver Facility of the assignor and
         assignee.

         (a)      Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
         executed by the parties thereto, together with any Notes subject to
         such assignment and payment of the processing fee, the Administrative
         Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and
         is in substantially the form of EXHIBIT F hereto, (i) accept such
         Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, (ii) record the information
         contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof
         to the parties thereto.

         (a)      Subject to the provisions of this Section and in accordance
         with applicable Law, any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its
         commercial banking business and in accordance with applicable Law, at
         any time sell to one or more Persons (each a "PARTICIPANT")
         participating interests in its portion of the Obligation. In the event
         of any such sale to a Participant, (i) such Lender shall remain a
         "Lender" under the Loan Documents and the Participant shall not
         constitute a "Lender" hereunder, (ii) such Lender's obligations under
         the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (iii) such Lender shall
         remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, (iv) such
         Lender shall remain the holder of its share of the Principal Debt for
         all purposes under the Loan Documents, (v) Borrower and Administrative
         Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
         connection with such Lender's Rights and obligations under the Loan
         Documents, and (vi) such Lender shall be solely responsible for any
         withholding taxes or any filing or reporting requirements relating to
         such participation and shall hold Borrower and Administrative Agent
         and their respective successors, permitted assigns, officers,
         directors, employees, agents, and representatives harmless against the
         same. Participants shall have no Rights under the Loan Documents,
         other than certain voting Rights as provided below. Subject to the
         following, each Lender shall be entitled to obtain (on behalf of its
         Participants) the benefits of SECTION 4 with respect to all
         participations in its part of the Obligation outstanding from time to
         time so long as Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amount in
         excess of the amount that would be due to such Lender under SECTION 4
         calculated as though no participations have been made. No Lender shall
         sell any participating interest under which the Participant shall have
         any Rights to approve any amendment, modification, or waiver of any
         Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment, modification, or
         waiver extends the due date for payment of any amount in respect of
         principal (other than mandatory prepayments), interest, or fees due
         under the Loan Documents, reduces the interest rate or the amount of
         principal or fees applicable to the Obligation (except such reductions
         as are contemplated by this Agreement), or releases all or any
         substantial portion of the Guaranties or all or any substantial
         portion of the Collateral for the Obligation under the Loan Documents
         (except such releases as are contemplated by SECTION 6.5); provided
         that, in those cases where a Participant is entitled to the benefits
         of SECTION 4 or a Lender grants Rights to its Participants to approve
         amendments to or waivers of the Loan Documents respecting the matters
         previously described in this sentence, such Lender must

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         include a voting mechanism in the relevant participation agreement or
         agreements, as the case may be, whereby a majority of such Lender's
         portion of the Obligation (whether held by such Lender or Participant)
         shall control the vote for all of such Lender's portion of the
         Obligation. Except in the case of the sale of a participating interest
         to another Lender, the relevant participation agreement shall not
         permit the Participant to transfer, pledge, assign, sell
         participations in, or otherwise encumber its portion of the
         Obligation, unless the consent of the transferring Lender (which
         consent will not be unreasonably withheld) has been obtained.

         (a)      Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this
         Agreement, any Lender may at any time assign and pledge all or any
         portion of its Borrowings and its Notes to any Federal Reserve Bank as
         collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any Operating
         Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall
         release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.

         (a)      Any Lender may furnish any information concerning the
         Companies or the Guarantors in the possession of such Lender from time
         to time to Eligible Assignees and Participants (including prospective
         Eligible Assignees and Participants).

1.1      DISCHARGE ONLY UPON PAYMENT IN FULL; REINSTATEMENT IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. The obligations of each Company under the Loan Documents shall
remain in full force and effect until termination of the Total Commitment and
payment in full of the Principal Debt and of all interest, fees, and other
amounts of the Obligation then due and owing, except that SECTIONS 4, 11, and
13, and any other provisions under the Loan Documents expressly intended to
survive by the terms hereof or by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents,
shall survive such termination. If at any time any payment of the principal of
or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by Borrower under any Loan
Document is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of such Company or otherwise, the
obligations of each Company under the Loan Documents with respect to such
payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at
such time.

1.2

1.3      CONFIDENTIALITY. The Agent and each Lender (each, a "LENDING PARTY")
agrees to keep confidential any information furnished or made available to it
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement that is marked confidential;
provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Lending Party from disclosing
such information (a) to any other Lending Party or any Affiliate of any Lending
Party, or any officer, director, employee, agent, or advisor of any Lending
Party or Affiliate of any Lending Party, (b) to any other Person if reasonably
incidental to the administration of the credit facility provided herein, (c) as
required by any Law, rule, or regulation, (d) upon the order of any court or
administrative agency, (e) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency
or authority, (f) that is or becomes available to the public or that is or
becomes available to any Lending Party other than as a result of a disclosure
by any Lending Party prohibited by this Agreement, (g) in connection with any
litigation to which such Lending Party or any of its affiliates may be a party,
(h) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (i) subject to provisions
substantially similar to those contained in this Section, to any actual or
proposed participant or assignee.

1.4

                    [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK.
                            SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW.]

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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of December, 1999, but effective as of the
Closing Date.

                                INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.

                                By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
                                   --------------------------------------
                                        David C. Ruberg, Chairman, President,
                                        and Chief Executive Officer

                                Executed at: District of Columbia, Maryland

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                  SIGNATURE PAGE TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

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         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of December, 1999, but effective as of the
Closing Date.

                                BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
                                Arranging Agent, and as a Lender

                                By: /s/ Jennifer F. Zydney
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                        Jennifer F. Zydney, Managing Director

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         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of December, 1999, but effective as of the
Closing Date.

                                BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
                                as Syndication Agent

                                By: /s/ Jeffrey D. Landau
                                -----------------------------------------------
                                        Jeffrey D. Landau, Managing Director

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         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of December, 1999, but effective as of the
Closing Date.

                                THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                as Arranging Agent and a Lender

                                By: /s/ Andrew R. Moore
                                -----------------------------------------------
                                        Andrew R. Moore, Vice President

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         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of December, 1999, but effective as of the
Closing Date.

                                TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.,
                                as Documentation Agent, Arranging Agent,
                                and a Lender

                                By: /s/ Debbie A. Greene
                                -----------------------------------------------
                                        Debbie A. Greene, Vice President

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         Signature Page to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 1999, among Intermedia Communications Inc. as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other Agents and Lenders
named therein.

         Each of the undersigned Guarantors hereby acknowledges that it has
reviewed this Agreement and agrees that certain of the representations and
covenants contained in SECTION 6 and SECTION 8 apply to Guarantors:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                       <C>
INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS OF                              INTERMEDIA CAPITAL INC.
VIRGINIA INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg                                   By: /s/ Lawrence Sledge
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        David C. Ruberg, President and                            Lawrence Sledge, Vice President and
        Chief Executive Officer                                   Assistant Secretary

INTERMEDIA LICENSING COMPANY                              BUSINESS INTERNET, INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg                                   By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        David C. Ruberg, President                                David C. Ruberg, President and
                                                                  Chief Executive Officer

EXPRESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                              NETWAVE SYSTEMS, INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg                                   By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer                  David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer

SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD, INC.                       NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF FLORIDA, INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg                                   By: /s/ Lawrence Sledge
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer                  Lawrence Sledge, Vice President

NTC, INC.                                                 SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD
                                                          COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

By: /s/ Lawrence Sledge                                   By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        Lawrence Sledge, Vice President                           David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                      <C>

STF CANADA INC.                                          SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD
                                                                 TELECOM, INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg                                   By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer                  David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer

DIGEX, INCORPORATED                                       ACCESS NETWORK SERVICES, INC.

By: /s/ Robert B. Patrick                                 By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------          ------------------------------------------------
        Robert B. Patrick, Vice President and                     David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer
        Secretary

ACCESS VIRGINIA, INC.

By: /s/ David C. Ruberg
   ------------------------------------------------
     David C. Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer

</TABLE>

                       *CONFORMED TO REFLECT SIGNATURES.

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