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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                        WORLDPORT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                                  February 29, 2000

Mr. James L. Martin Jr.
2303 Noble Victory Court
Reston, Virginia 20191

Dear Jim:

  We are pleased to offer you employment with WorldPort Communications, Inc.
commencing March 1, 2000 (or such other date that we shall mutually agree upon)
on the following terms:

Position:        Director of European Operations and Chief Technology Officer to
                 be based in Dublin, Ireland. You shall devote all of your
                 business time and attention to the business and affairs of
                 WorldPort consistent with your position.

Term:            Three years from commencement date.

Salary:          US $280,000 per year

Annual Bonus:    You will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (payable within
                 45 days of fiscal year-end) of up to 40% of your annual base
                 salary based upon your achievement of performance and other
                 specific objectives established by the Board.

Sign-on Bonus:   US $70,000 payable in cash within 14 days of your acceptance of
                 this offer. If you voluntarily resign from your position on or
                 prior to the one year anniversary of the commencement date, you
                 will be required to repay this bonus within 30 days of your
                 resignation.

Options:         You will be granted options to purchase 650,000 shares of
                 WorldPort common stock at an exercise price of not less than
                 the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date,
                 which options will vest quarterly in 1/16th increments over the
                 four year period from the date of grant (and vest in full upon
                 your death) and shall otherwise be subject to the terms of
                 WorldPort's stock option plan and form of stock option
                 agreement.

Relocation
Expenses:        WorldPort will pay directly, or reimburse you for (upon
                 presentation of appropriate vouchers or receipts in accordance
                 with WorldPort's expense reimbursement policies) the following
                 reasonable costs and expenses relating to your relocation:

                (1) expenses of moving your possessions and immediate family
                members from Virginia to Ireland;

                (2) expenses of furnishing your new home in Ireland, not to
                exceed US $20,000;

                (3) airplane travel expenses (for business class travel) between
                Ireland and Virginia for you and your immediate family members
                for up to two trips per year;

                (4) tuition expenses for your children's secondary schooling in
                Ireland; and
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February 29, 2000
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                (5) expenses of storing your household possessions that remain
                in the U.S.

Housing:        WorldPort will provide housing for you and your family in
                Ireland, such housing to be mutually agreed upon by WorldPort
                and you (it being understood that WorldPort will not be required
                to expend more than US $4,500 per month for such housing and
                related costs).

Automobile:     WorldPort will lease an automobile for your business use, such
                automobile to be mutually agreed upon by WorldPort and you (it
                being understood that WorldPort will not be required to expend
                more than US $1,000 per month for such automobile and related
                costs)

Insurance       Health insurance, including family coverage. In addition (to the
                extent that you are insurable and such policies can be purchased
                at reasonable rates), WorldPort will purchase and maintain (or
                reimburse you for, upon presentation of appropriate vouchers or
                receipts in accordance with WorldPort's expense reimbursement
                policies) a life insurance policy on your life in the amount of
                US $500,000, the beneficiary(ies) of which shall be designated
                by you, as well as a long-term disability policy; provided that
                WorldPort will not be required to expend more than US $6,200 in
                annual premiums for these two policies.

Vacation:       Four weeks paid vacation, not to be taken more than two weeks at
                a time and not to be carried over from year to year

Travel:         You will be expected to travel as the needs of the business may
                require.

Termination
Benefits:       In the event your employment is terminated by WorldPort without
                cause, other than due to your death or disability, you shall be
                paid, in full satisfaction of your rights against WorldPort for
                termination of your employment, a severance payment equal to one
                years' base salary, payable in a lump sum within 30 days of the
                termination date. In the event your employment is terminated due
                to cause, your death or a disability which prevents you from
                performing your duties for three consecutive months or 90 days
                within any one year period, you shall be paid only through the
                termination date.

Cause:          Your conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a
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                felony; gross negligence or willful misconduct in performing
                your duties; failure to comply with this Agreement in any
                material respect or failure to carry out appropriate
                responsibilities assigned by management or the Board of
                Directors; commission of fraud, theft against or embezzlement
                from WorldPort.

Non-Solicitation
Period:         You agree that, for one year after the termination of your
                employment, you will not solicit or hire any persons who are
                employed by or acting as a consultant to WorldPort during such
                period.
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Confidentiality:    You agree that you will, during and after the end of the
                    term of your employment, keep confidential all non-public
                    information concerning WorldPort and its business, except in
                    the business of and for the benefit of WorldPort, and you
                    will not, directly or indirectly, use for your own account
                    any of such information.

Remedies:           As you can understand, because we have to be protected,
                    WorldPort will be entitled, in addition to other remedies,
                    to obtain an injunction against any potential or actual
                    violations of your non-solicitation or confidentiality
                    agreements.

Taxes:              All compensation shall be subject to applicable withholding
                    taxes. WorldPort also will pay you an additional amount to
                    cover any foreign income taxes payable by you as a result of
                    your relocation to Ireland.

Governing Law:      Illinois

Representation:     You represent that your execution of this letter and your
                    performance of your obligations hereunder will not violate
                    the terms of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding,
                    order or decree to which you are a party or by which you are
                    bound.

     Please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this offer letter by your
signature below. Once signed by both parties, this offer letter shall be binding
on both parties. We look forward to your joining WorldPort and working with you
in building our exciting new venture.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   /s/ Carl J. Grivner

                                   Carl J. Grivner

Accepted and Agreed to
as of the date set forth above:

 /s/ James L. Martin
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                  SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE AND WAIVER
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          This Agreement by and between Carl Grivner (the "Executive") and
WorldPort Communications, Inc. (the "Company") is dated as of June 14, 2000.

1.   Consideration

          The Company agrees to pay the Executive a lump sum amount of $500,000.
The Company will pay such amount within five (5) business days after this
Agreement becomes effective under Section 10 below.

2.   Stock Options

          The parties agree that Executive is vested and may exercise options to
purchase up to 103,122 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Such vested options
will remain exercisable pursuant to the terms of the stock option agreement
under which they were granted (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A). The
parties further agree that the Executive shall forfeit any other options that
have been previously granted to him.

3.   Termination

          The Executive hereby resigns from all officer, director and other
positions and employment with the Company and its affiliates effective April 24,
2000.

4.   Mutual Release and Waiver

          a.   Release by Executive.  The Executive hereby releases and waives
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all rights, claims and causes of action, known and unknown, in contract, law and
equity, of any kind whatsoever, that he now has or may have against the Company
and its past and present officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
subsidiaries, divisions, joint ventures, shareholders, agents, attorneys,
benefit plans and plan administrators, fiduciaries, successors and/or assigns
(collectively and individually referred to as the "Releasees" in this
Agreement). This release and waiver includes but is not limited to:

                    i.    any claims for assault, battery, wrongful termination,
                    defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of
                    emotional distress, or any other tort or common law claims;

                    ii.   any claims for the breach of any written, implied or
                    oral contract between the Executive and the Company,
                    including, but not limited to, any claims under the
                    Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company
                    dated June 23, 1999, as amended;

                    iii.  any claims of discrimination, harassment or
                    retaliation based on such things as age, national origin,
                    ancestry, race, color, religion, sex (including sexual
                    harassment), sexual orientation, and physical or mental
                    disability or medical condition;

                    iv.   any claims for payments of any nature, including, but
                    not limited to, wages, overtime pay, vacation pay, severance
                    pay, attorneys' fees, commissions, bonuses and expense
                    reimbursements;

                    v.    any claims for benefits or the monetary equivalent of
                    benefits; and

                    vi.   any claims to reinstatement to the Executive's
                    previous position with or rehire or reemployment by the
                    Company.

          The release and waiver includes all claims that the Executive has or
may have under all federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, rules,
regulations and orders, including, but not limited to, any claims or causes of
action based on the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in
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Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1871 and 1991, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the National Labor Relations Act, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, Executive Order 11246, the Illinois Wage Payment and
Collection Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Cook County Human Rights
Ordinance, and the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance as each of them has been or
may be amended. Notwithstanding the above, the Executive's release and waiver of
rights does not apply to any rights which are not waivable by law (such as
rights to vested pension benefits, workers' compensation benefits and
unemployment compensation benefits).

     b.   Release by Company.  The Company releases and waives all known and
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disclosed rights, claims and causes of action in contract, law and equity, of
any kind whatsoever, that the Company now has or may have against the Executive
and his representatives or administrators. This release does not, however,
include any rights, claims or causes of action unknown or undisclosed to the
Chief Executive Office of the Company as of the date of execution.

5.   Return of Property

     The Executive has returned all property of the Company in his possession,
including but not limited to, files, keys, financial information, notebooks,
records and any material which refers or relates to or contains the Company's
confidential and proprietary business information which was in his possession.

6.    Cooperation

     The Executive agrees to cooperate in the defense or prosecution of any
claims made against any of the Releasees which are based, in whole or in part,
on any event which occurred while he was an employee of the Company.  Such
cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, providing information,
documents and testimony upon the request of the Company.  The Company agrees to
reimburse the Executive for any reasonable costs associated with such
cooperation.

7.    Indemnification

     To the fullest extent permitted by the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws and by the Delaware General Corporation Law, in each
case as currently in effect, the Company will indemnify the Executive for any
judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including
attorney's fees, incurred by the Executive in connection with the defense of any
lawsuit or other claim to which he is made a party by reason of being or having
been an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to the protection of any director
and officer liability insurance policies the Company may elect to maintain
generally for the benefit of its directors and officers to the maximum extent of
coverage available for any such officer or director.

8.    Confidential Information

     The Executive shall hold in fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the
Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to
the Company and its affiliates, which shall have been obtained by the Executive
pursuant to his employment by the Company or any of its affiliates and which
shall not have become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or
his representatives in violation of this Agreement).  Except as may be required
by law or judicial process, the Executive shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge
or date to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.

9.    Restrictive Covenants

     a.    Nonsolicitation. The Executive shall not prior to April 24, 2001
directly or indirectly solicit and will not act on behalf of his employer or any
other person or entity to directly or indirectly solicit any officers or

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employees of the Company or any of its affiliates for employment or other
retention, without the prior written consent of the Company.

     b.    Noncompetition. The Executive shall not prior to April 24, 2001,
directly or indirectly be affiliated with, whether as a shareholder, partner,
consultant, director, officer, employee, owner, promoter, consultant, manager,
sales agent or otherwise, any firm, company corporation, partnership limited
liability company or other entity which owns, conducts, operates or manages a
web hosting business in Europe; provided, however, that the Executive may
undertake such engagement if such engagement does not include the Executive's
provision of services, advice or counseling to the division of any business that
owns, conducts, operates or manages a web hosting business in Europe; provided,
however, that the foregoing provision shall not restrict the Executive from
owning up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of a
company whose securities are publicly traded on a national securities exchange.

10.    Knowing and Voluntary Release

     The Executive is signing this Agreement voluntarily and of his own free
will and not because of any threats or duress. The Executive has been given
twenty-one (21) calendar days to consider this Agreement. This Agreement will
become effective on the eighth (8th) day following the date on which this
Agreement is executed by the Executive, unless the Executive revokes this
Agreement in writing prior to that date.

11.    Entire Agreement and Severability

     This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Executive and the
Company, and they take priority over any other written or oral understanding or
contract that may have existed in the past.  If any portion, provision or
section of this Agreement is held to be invalid or legally unenforceable, the
remaining portions, provisions and sections of this Agreement will not be
affected and will be given full force and effect.

12.    Non-Admission

     The Executive and the Company agree that this Agreement is not an admission
by either party of any wrongdoing or liability whatsoever, but results from a
mutual desire to resolve all actual and potential disputes regarding anything
that has occurred prior to the date the parties execute this Agreement.

13.    Applicable Law

     All provisions of this Agreement will be construed and governed by Illinois
law, without regard to the laws of any other location.

HAVING READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS AGREEMENT, CONSULTED AN ATTORNEY OR OTHER
REPRESENTATIVE, AND HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT AS OF THE DAY AND
YEAR WRITTEN BELOW.

                                            WORLDPORT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

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           CARL GRIVNER                     By:_______________________________
                                            Is:_______________________________

Date: June 14, 2000                         Date: June 14, 2000

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