Document:

TURNKEY AGREEMENT

     This Turnkey Agreement  ("Agreement"),  dated September 14, 1998 is made by
and between THE NETWORK CONNECTION,  INC., a Georgia corporation with a place of
business  at 1324  Union Hill  Road,  Alpharetta,  Georgia  30004  ("TNC"),  and
CARNIVAL CORPORATION,  a Panamanian corporation with a place of business at 3655
N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33178 ("Carnival").

     WHEREAS,  Carnival is in the business of offering  cruise  vacations to its
passengers;

     WHEREAS,  TNC has developed a computer hardware and software system,  known
collectively  as  "Cruiseview,"  for  the  delivery  of  interactive  television
services on board cruise ships; and

     WHEREAS,  TNC  desires to provide to Carnival  Cruise  Lines (a division of
Carnival),   and  Carnival   Cruise  Lines  desires  to  obtain  from  TNC,  the
aforementioned interactive television system for use aboard the M/S Triumph (the
"Initial  Ship") and such other cruise  vessels  owned or operated  from time to
time by  Carnival  Cruise  Lines,  as from  time to time  may be  designated  by
Carnival  Cruise Lines (all such cruise vessels,  collectively,  the "Ships" and
individually, a "Ship").

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good
and  valuable  consideration,  the  receipt and  sufficiency  of which is hereby
acknowledged the parties hereto, intending to. be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:

1.   DEFINITIONS.

     (a)  "Acceptance  Date" shall mean,  with respect to each Ship, the date on
          which Carnival  notifies TNC in writing that the System has met all of
          the  acceptance  criteria  set forth in Exhibit "E"  attached  hereto,
          provided  that  Carnival  shall  provide such  notification,  or shall
          notify  TNC that such  criteria  have not been met,  no later than the
          last day of the applicable Acceptance Period.

     (b)  "Critical Design Review" or "CDR" means a review process undertaken by
          TNC and Carnival to ascertain whether TNC's design of the System meets
          Carnival's requirements, to resolve questions and to give direction as
          required.  CDR shall take  place at a date set forth in the  Milestone
          Schedule attached hereto and incorporated  herein as Schedule "D" (the
          "Milestone Schedule").

     (c)  "Equipment"  means hardware and related  documentation  sold by TNC to
          Carnival  in  accordance   with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this
          Agreement.

     (d)  "Licensed  Software"  means  computer  programs or firmware  (embedded
          software)  proprietary  to  TNCi  or its  suppliers  and  licensed  to
          Carnival in accordance with this Agreement,  including all manuals and
          documentation related thereto.

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     (e)  "Ship  Survey" or "SS" means a review  process  undertaken  by TNC and
          Carnival prior to Critical  Design Review to determine TNC's design of
          the System to meet Carnival's requirements,  as determined by Carnival
          in Its sole discretion.  The written System design document  resulting
          from SS and  agreed to in  writing by the  parties  shall be  attached
          hereto and incorporated  herein as Exhibit I to Schedule "C." SS shall
          take place at the date set forth in the Milestone Schedule.

     (f)  "Product(s)"   means  Equipment  and  Licensed  Software  sold  and/or
          licensed to Carnival and set forth in Schedule "A" attached hereto and
          incorporated herein by this reference.

     (g)  "Services" means installation, testing and warranty period services as
          well as post-warranty period maintenance services, if any, provided by
          TNC hereunder.

     (h)  "Specifications"  means the written system design  document  resulting
          from CDR and  agreed to in writing by the  parties  hereto.  Upon such
          mutual written agreement,  the Specifications shall be attached hereto
          and incorporated herein as Exhibit 2 to Schedule "C."

     (i)  "System"   means  the  total   integrated   "Cruiseview"   interactive
          television  system,   including  all  Equipment,   Licensed  Software,
          Services  and any other item  necessary  to certify  and  operate  the
          Products in accordance with the Specifications.

     (j)  "Installation Date" shall mean, with respect to each Ship, the date on
          which TNC shall have notified Carnival in writing that installation of
          the System on the  applicable  Ship has been  completed and the System
          has been successfully tested by TNC.

2.   RESPONSIBILITIES.

     (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, TNC shall:

          (i)   Provide,  within  four (4)  years  from the date  first  written
                above, for each Ship designated by Carnival  (including  without
                limitation the Initial  Ship),  and install on each such Ship at
                its home port,  at the total price per cab-in not to exceed that
                set forth in Schedule  "A," for a minimum of eight hundred (800)
                cabins per Ship,  the System,  consisting  of the  Equipment and
                Licensed  Software  described  or  listed on  Schedule  "A." The
                installation  of the System on the Ships,  and the  delivery  of
                documentation  related  thereto,  will be in accordance with the
                Milestone  Schedule.  TNC agrees to provide to Carnival  written
                progress reports regarding the status of the installation of the
                System.

          (ii)  Provide,  at no cost  or  expense  to  Carnival,  all  personnel
                reasonably necessary and appropriate install the System on board
                each Ship. TNC understands and acknowledges that, while on board
                any Ship,  its personnel will be subject to the authority of the

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                Masterof that Ship and the officer(s)  designated to oversee the
                operation  of the  System,  and all such  personnel  will at all
                times while on board any Ship comply with the operations  manual
                of Carnival, in the form then in effect.

          (iii) Train up to ten (10) personnel of one class per Ship of Carnival
                at no  additional  charge,  at Carnival  headquarters  in Miami,
                Florida,  in  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  System.
                Additional  training can be provided at $___ per day. Additional
                training shall be provided at a cost to Carnival of $___ per day
                for up to 10  Carnival  personnel  per class plus  expenses  for
                travel,  lodging and subsistence at actual cost. Should training
                be provided at TNC's location in Alpharetta,  Georgia,  Carnival
                shall be  responsible  for travel,  lodging and  subsistence  of
                Carnival personnel to be trained.

          (iv)  Throughout the Warranty  Period (as hereafter  defined),  at its
                sole cost and  expense,  maintain  the System in proper  working
                order and otherwise in accordance  with the  Specifications,  as
                more specifically set forth in Section 9 of this Agreement.

          (v)   Pay  to  Carnival,   with  respect  to  each  System  (or  other
                interactive   television   system  similar  to  the  System)  or
                component thereof and each application or module relating to the
                System (or other  interactive  television  system similar to the
                System), regardless of whether any such application or module is
                developed  by or an behalf of TNC,  Carnival or any third party,
                which TNC provides to any party other than Carnival Cruise Lines
                Ships for cruise  vessel use,  royalties  in an amount equal to:
                (A)  __percent  ( __%)  of all  payments  received  by TNC  with
                respect  to the sale,  rental,  lease or other  transfer  of the
                system, or of any application,  module or other product relating
                thereto (including,  without limitation,  the sales price of any
                equipment and license fees in connection with any software), and
                (B) ____  __percent (__ %) of all payments  received by TNC (net
                of direct costs) in excess of the transfer  price defined in (A)
                with  respect to any  revenue  sharing  or  similar  arrangement
                entered into between TNC and such party  relating to the system,
                or any application,  module or other product or service relating
                thereto. All royalties due under the preceding sentence shall be
                remitted by TNC to Carnival  within thirty (30) days after TNC's
                receipt of the applicable revenues,  and shall be accompanied by
                a written statement indicating, in reasonable detail, the source
                of  all  such  revenues  and  the   calculation   of  Carnival's
                proportionate share. In addition, in the event that TNC collects
                any  rental  payments  for which a royalty  payment is due under
                this  paragraph,  TNC shall  provide to Carnival,  within thirty
                (30) days after  each  calendar  quarter  in which  such  rental
                payments are received,  a written  report  setting  forth,  with
                respect  to each  applicable  cruise  vessel  on which a System,
                component,  application  or module is  installed,  the amount of
                rent  received by TNC during such  quarter  attributable  to the

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                vessel's  operations in U.S. waters and the amount  attributable
                to the vessel's  operations  outside of U.S.  waters.  TNC shall
                ensure that, with respect to any System, component,  application
                and module sold by TNC and for which a royalty  payment  will be
                due under this paragraph,  transfer of title shall occur outside
                of the United States, and that each applicable purchase,  rental
                or other  applicable  agreement  between  TNC and a third  party
                recipient  thereof  shall  provide  that  transfer of title will
                occur  outside of the United  States.  Carnival or its appointed
                representative  shall have the right,  during  regular  business
                hours and upon reasonable  advance notice,  to audit TNC's books
                and  records  to verify the  accuracy  and  completeness  of the
                payments made under this  paragraph.  As used in this paragraph,
                the term  "TNC"  shall  include  any  affiliates,  subsidiaries,
                parent companies, successors, assignees and transferees of TNC.

          (vi)  At no expense to Carnival,  obtain a performance bond or standby
                letter  of credit in favor of  Carnival,  with a company  and on
                terms acceptable to Carnival, to secure its obligation to refund
                the two  initial  installment  payments  required  to be made by
                Carnival  pursuant  to  Schedule  "A" upon the  terms  set forth
                herein.

     (b)  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Carnival shall:

          (i)   Pay, with respect to the Initial Ship and any  additional  Ships
                designated  by  Carnival,  the  applicable  amount  set forth in
                Schedule "A",  pursuant to the applicable  payment  schedule set
                forth  therein.  In the  event  Carnival  fails to make any such
                payment  when due, and such  failure to pay  continues  for more
                than thirty (30) days after Carnival's receipt of written notice
                specifying  such  failure,  Carnival  shall be subject to a late
                payment  charge of 1% per month until paid,  and TNC may decline
                to make  further  Product  or  Service  deliveries  except  upon
                receipt  of  cash  or   satisfactory   security.   Carnival   is
                responsible  for all sales,  use and similar  taxes arising from
                the sale of products or  services  to  Carnival  hereunder,  and
                Carnival  agrees to  reimburse  TNC for any such charges paid on
                Carnival's behalf.

          (ii)  Make  available  to TNC,  on any Ship upon  which the  System is
                installed or is then to be installed,  (A) reasonable access for
                such TNC personnel as will be installing,  testing,  maintaining
                or  servicing  the  System,  or  otherwise   providing  Services
                pursuant to this Agreement,  and (B) appropriate  accommodations
                on-board  such  Ship,  if  necessary,  for up to  seven  (7) TNC
                personnel who are engaged in installing, testing, maintaining or
                servicing the System on such Ship; provided,  however, that none
                of the foregoing activities of TNC shall unreasonably  interfere
                with the normal  functions of such Ship or require  displacement
                of revenue  guests,  and that Carnival  shall not be required to
                provide  such  accommodations  for any  period  in excess of the
                number  of days as  defined  in the  Milestone  Schedule,  It is
                understood  that TNC  personnel  occupying  such  accommodations
                shall,  at all times  while  on-board  such Ship,  be subject to
                Carnival's  policies regarding on-board  contractors,  including
                those concerning dress, decorum and personal behavior.

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          (iii) Provide  reasonable  access to each Ship on which the  System is
                then installed,  when such Ship is in port, for TNC personnel to
                demonstrate  the System to a  reasonable  number of  prospective
                customers,  provided  that  Carnival is given at least seven (7)
                days'  prior  notice of and  approves  the  number of persons to
                board  and the  date  and time of each  such  demonstration.  In
                connection with making such demonstrations, TNC shall conform to
                Carnival's procedures for approving on-board visitors, including
                but not limited to making advance  requests for boarding passes.
                TNC shall be solely  responsible  and  liable  for any damage or
                injury to persons or property  arising  out of or in  connection
                with any such demonstration.

3.   TERM/EXTENSION TO OTHER SHIPS.

     (a)  Except as  otherwise  specifically  provided  herein  with  respect to
          individual  provisions of this  Agreement,  the respective  rights and
          obligations of the parties hereunder shall survive indefinitely.

     (b)  Carnival  shall have the right,  at any time  during the four (4) year
          period commencing on the date first written above, to designate Ships,
          whether then existing or under construction,  for System installation,
          in addition to the Initial  Ship,  at the price per cabin set forth in
          Schedule  "A,"  provided  that in the event of any  decrease  in TNC's
          direct  costs  with  respect to the  System  between  the date of this
          Agreement and the date that any such  designation  is made,  TNC shall
          pass along any such cost  reductions in the price payable by Carnival,
          on a  dollar-for-dollar  basis.  TNC and  Carnival  shall  establish a
          mutually  acceptable  timetable for the  installation of the System on
          any such additional Ships,  generally consistent with the schedule for
          installation  on the  Initial  Ship,  as set  forth  in the  Milestone
          Schedule.

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4.   ACCEPTANCE PERIOD.

     Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary  contained in this Agreement,  in
     the event that the System  fails to fully  perform in  accordance  with the
     Specifications and the System design document attached hereto, and to fully
     meet the acceptance  criteria set forth in Schedule "E" attached hereto, in
     each case as determined by Carnival in its sole  discretion,  from the date
     that TNC shall have notified  Carnival in writing that  installation of the
     System on the  applicable  Ship has been  completed and the System has been
     successfully tested by TNC, Carnival shall have the right, exercisable upon
     written notice to TNC at any time within the applicable  period of time set
     forth below (the "Acceptance  Period"), to either (a) extend the Acceptance
     Period for a term  selected  by  Carnival,  in which case TNC shall use its
     best  efforts  to cause the System to fully  meet the  acceptance  criteria
     within such additional  period,  or (b) terminate this Agreement  effective
     immediately respect to such Ship, in which case TNC shall promptly,  at its
     sole cost and  expense,  and without  causing  damage to  applicable  Ship,
     remove  the  System  from such  Ship,  and  refund any and all sums paid by
     Carnival  to TNC  hereunder  with  respect to such Ship.  In the event that
     Carnival  shall  elect to extend  the  Acceptance  Period  pursuant  to the
     previous  sentence,  and TNC shall thereafter be unable to cause the System
     to fully meet the  acceptance  criteria (as  determined  by Carnival in its
     sole  discretion)  within such additional  period,  Carnival shall have the
     same right to terminate  this  Agreement as described in subsection  (b) of
     the previous  sentence.  The Acceptance  Period with respect to the Initial
     shall be one (1) year,  and with  respect to any and all  additional  Ships
     shall be ninety (90) days.

5.   SHIPMENT, TITLE AND SECURITY INTEREST.

     TNC shall effect delivery and installation of the System and/or Services on
     each Ship within the time  mutually  agreed upon by TNC and Carnival  (with
     respect to the Initial Ship, as set forth in the  Milestone  Schedule),  at
     TNC's  sole cost and  expense.  Title to and risk of loss and damage to the
     Products sold shall pass to Carnival  immediately  upon the Acceptance Date
     with respect to each such Product on board the  applicable  Ship.  Carnival
     hereby grants TNC a security interest in the Products sold hereunder and in
     the  proceeds  therefrom,  in  accordance  with the law  applicable  to the
     Products,  such security  interest to continue until Carnival has made full
     payment  therefor.  Carnival agrees that it will execute any UCC Statements
     or other  similar  documents  evidencing  TNC's  security  interest  in the
     Products,  upon request of TNC, at TNC's sole cost and expense.  TNC agrees
     that it shall  file  appropriate  UCC  termination  statements  or  similar
     documents,  as  applicable,  evidencing  the release of each such  security
     interest promptly upon payment in full by Carnival.

6.   SOFTWARE.

     (a)  TNC hereby grants to Carnival a non-exclusive,  perpetual,  worldwide,
          royalty-free  license to use the Licensed  Software  (software  and/or
          firmware,  as the case may be),  including all  documentation  related
          thereto,  in  connection  with  the  System.  Title  to such  Licensed
          Software  (but  excluding  the software  described in  subsection  (b)
          below)  shall  remain with TNC or its  suppliers,  as the case may be,

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          notwithstanding   anything  to  the  contrary  contained  herein.  TNC
          represents  and  warrants  that it has the  authority  to grant such a
          license  with  respect to all of the  Licensed  Software.  TNC further
          represents  and warrants that the System as delivered and installed by
          TNC shall be fully  operational  and that no  software  other than the
          Licensed  Software  shall  be  necessary  to  operate  the  System  in
          accordance with the Specifications.

     (b)  TNC  acknowledges  that,  notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary
          contained in this Agreement,  all right,  title and interest in and to
          all  software  which  interfaces  or links the System  and  Carnival's
          property management system (collectively, the "Interface Software") as
          defined in Exhibit  "I",  shall be owned by  Carnival.  All  Interface
          Software  produced by or on behalf of TNC shall be deemed  "works made
          for hire" within the meaning of the U.S.  Copyright  Act and any other
          applicable laws relating to intellectual property, and TNC understands
          and acknowledges that Carnival shall own all right, title and interest
          in  and  to  the  Interface  Software,  including  without  limitation
          copyright,  patent and trademark  rights.  To the extent that any such
          software shall not be deemed "works made for hire," TNC hereby assigns
          all  right,  title and  interest  in and to such  software,  including
          without  limitation   copyright,   patent  and  trademark  rights,  to
          Carnival,  TNC shall  execute and deliver to Carnival  any  additional
          documents that may be reasonably  required to evidence or perfect such
          assignments.  TNC  shall  not make any use of any  Interface  Software
          other than as part of the System  delivered  to  Carnival  without the
          prior written consent of Carnival.

     (c)  TNC  acknowledges  that Carnival may provide  program  content for the
          System itself, or may procure such content from third parties, and TNC
          represents  and  warrants  that  the use by  Carnival  of  content  or
          software  provided by Carnival or third parties in connection with the
          System (including,  without  limitation,  any Licensed Software) shall
          not give rise to any claim of copyright  infringement,  or any similar
          claim relating to intellectual property, by TNC or any licensor of TNC
          based solely upon the use of content or software in  combination  with
          the System.

7.   CANCELLATION AND RESCHEDULING.

     At any time  prior to the  scheduled  date of  installation,  Carnival  may
     cancel  the  Products  on order upon  payment  to TNC of all  direct  costs
     incurred by TNC (time and materials,  including  non-recurring  engineering
     costs)  (the  "Cancellation  Fee")  as  a  result  of  TNC  performing  its
     obligations hereunder.

     TNC will allow  Carnival to delay any  scheduled  installation  dates for a
     maximum  of 60  days  upon  written  notice  of the new  installation  date
     received  by TNC at  least  45 days in  advance  of the  scheduled  date of
     installation.  Any  rescheduling  to a date  more  than 60 days  after  the
     original  scheduled  date of  installation  or received by TNC less than 45
     days in advance of the scheduled date of installation, will be subject to a
     reschedule charge of 5% of the price of the applicable  Products purchased.
     After the first  rescheduling,  Carnival  will be subject  to a  reschedule

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     charge of 5% of the price of the  Products  purchased  for each  subsequent
     rescheduling (none of which may exceed 60 days) regardless of the length of
     the  rescheduling  or period of notice.  Failure by  Carnival  to  schedule
     installation  to occur within 12 months after the initial  agreed upon date
     will be  considered  as a  cancellation  subject to the  Cancellation  Fee,
     calculated  as  identified  above.  Any  rescheduling  to a date later than
     identified on the Milestone Schedule shall effect all subsequent milestones
     therein by a corresponding number of days.

8.   TERMINATION.

     (a)  Either party may terminate  this  Agreement upon written notice to the
          other  party in the event of a material  breach of this  Agreement  by
          such other party,  which breach shall have remained uncured for thirty
          (30) or more days after receipt of written notice thereof.

     (b)  Without limiting any other right or remedy contained herein,  Carnival
          may terminate  this  Agreement  with no further  obligation to TNC, on
          fifteen (15) days'  written  notice to TNC in the event the parties do
          not  successfully   complete  SS  or  CDF,  or  cannot  agree  on  the
          Specifications, within 30 days of their scheduled dates of completion,
          as set forth in the  Milestone  Schedule.  In  addition,  Carnival may
          terminate this Agreement with no further obligation to TNC upon notice
          to  TNC at any  time  after  the  occurrence  of any of the  following
          events:

          (i)   TNC shall have filed or initiated proceedings, or shall have had
                proceedings filed or initiated against it, seeking  liquidation,
                reorganization or similar relief (including  without  limitation
                the appointment of a trustee, receiver,  custodian or other such
                person) under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law;

          (ii)  TNC shall have  purported to assign this  Agreement (or any part
                hereof) without having first obtained  Carnival's  prior written
                consent, or

          (iii) TNC shall not have had the power,  right or  authority  to grant
                any license  contained  in this  Agreement  with  respect to any
                Licensed  Software,  or any such power, right or authority shall
                have been revoked or otherwise lost.

9.   WARRANTY.

     Except as set forth to the  contrary in Schedule  "B"  attached  hereto and
     incorporated herein, TNC warrants to Carnival that:

     (a)  for a period  commencing  upon the Acceptance  Date and continuing for
          ______(__)  months  thereafter (the "Warranty  Period"),  all Products
          sold or licensed to Carnival  hereunder  shall be free from defects in
          materials  and  workmanship  and that the System shall  perform in all
          material respects in accordance with the Specifications;

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     (b)  the advent of the year 2000 shall not adversely affect the performance
          of  the  System,  or  any  component  thereof.  Without  limiting  the
          generality of the foregoing,  (1) all equipment,  hardware,  firmware,
          middleware, custom or commercial software and other systems, including
          all  components  thereof   (collectively,   "Materials"),   which  are
          furnished  pursuant to this Agreement  shall  accurately  process date
          data  (including,  but not  limited  to,  calculating,  comparing  and
          sequencing)  from,  into,  and between the twentieth and  twenty-first
          centuries,   and  the  years  1999  and  2000,   including  leap  year
          calculations,  and (ii) no date data will  cause any  interruption  or
          other error in the operation of any such Materials. To the extent that
          any Materials perform as a package or system,  the foregoing  warranty
          shall  apply  to the  Materials  as a  system,  and to  each  Material
          individually; and

     (c)  neither the delivery of the System to the Ships nor  Carnival's use of
          the System on the Ships  will  violate  any export  laws of the United
          States.

          TNC's  obligation to perform  pursuant to the  warranties  provided in
          this Section 9 is limited to  undertaking  all  reasonable  efforts to
          identify and correct any defects or other breaches (in accordance with
          the terms and  conditions set forth in Schedule "B") which prevent the
          continued  use of the Products in accordance  with the  Specifications
          (including repairing or replacing Products, as appropriate) or, if TNC
          is unable to so  correct  any such  defects  or  otherwise  remedy any
          breach  within a  commercially  reasonable  period (but in no event to
          exceed  thirty (30) days)  during the Warranty  Period,  to refund all
          sums paid by Carnival to TNC  hereunder  with  respect to the affected
          Ship(s).

          Upon the  expiration of the Warranty  Period,  Carnival shall have the
          option to extend the  Warranty  Period  for up to four (4)  additional
          one-year terms (each an "Extended Warranty Period"). The cost for each
          Extended  Warranty  Period  shall be equal to an amount  not to exceed
          ____ percent (__ %) of the cost to Carnival of the applicable Products
          to be warranted during the Extended Warranty Period.

          The foregoing  warranties and  commitments  are for the benefit of and
          apply only to Carnival.  The warranties  provided herein do not extend
          and are not transferable to any subsequent  end-users of the Products,
          other than any  subsidiary,  affiliate  or assignee of  Carnival.  Not
          included  under this  warranty are Services or  replacement  Equipment
          which are required due to (a) abuse, misuse, or abnormal conditions of
          operation; (b) damage to the Equipment which is a result of the use of
          unapproved,  non-TNC  mounting  devices;  (c) any damage to Carnival's
          equipment or Equipment as a result of Carnival  connecting  components
          which have not been purchased  from TNC and/or  inspected and approved
          by TNC or TNC approved personnel for connection to the Equipment,  (d)
          unauthorized  attempts by other than TNC  personnel or TNC  authorized
          representatives to install,  repair,  maintain or modify the Equipment
          or System; or (e) causes external to TNC-maintained Equipment, such as
          power  surges or force  majeure  events,  as  described  in Section 22
          hereof.

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10.  GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION.

     (a)  TNC  shall  indemnify,  defend  and  hold  harmless  Carnival  and its
          successors  and  assigns  from and  against  any and all  liabilities,
          claims, suits, damages, judgments, awards, penalties, losses and other
          liabilities  (including all related reasonable  attorneys' fees, costs
          and  expenses  in  connection  therewith,  whether  at  the  trial  or
          appellate  level)  (collectively  referred to hereinafter as "Losses")
          suffered or  incurred  by Carnival by reason of,  arising out of or in
          connection  with (i) any  negligent,  willful  or  intentional  act or
          omission  of TNC  (or an  employee,  agent  or  representative  of TNC
          committed  or  omitted,  as the case may be,  in the  course  of or in
          connection with TNC's  performance of the terms of this Agreement,  or
          (ii) any breach of this Agreement by TNC.

     (b)  Carnival  shall  indemnify,  defend  and  hold  harmless  TNC  and its
          successors and assigns from and against any and all Losses suffered or
          incurred by TNC by reason of, arising out of or in connection with (i)
          any negligent,  willful or intentional act or omission of Carnival (or
          an  employee,  agent  or  representative  of  Carnival)  committed  or
          omitted,  as the case may be, in the course of or in connection  `kith
          Carnival's  performance  of the terms of this  Agreement,  or (ii) any
          breach of this Agreement by Carnival.

11.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNIFICATION.

     TNC shall defend, at its expense, and shall Indemnify Carnival against, any
     claim,  suit or other action  brought  against  Carnival  alleging that any
     Product or other component of the System  furnished  hereunder  infringes a
     trademark,  patent or copyright, or incorporates or is based upon any third
     party's  trade  secret,  and TNC shall pay all costs,  expenses and damages
     based on any such  claim,  suit or  other  action  awarded  or  payable  by
     Carnival, if any, provided that Carnival gives TNC prompt written notice of
     any such claim and gives TNC, at TNC's sole cost and expense,  information,
     reasonable assistance, and sole authority to defend or settle the claim. In
     the defense or  settlement  of the claim,  TNC may obtain for  Carnival the
     right to continue  using the  Products,  replace or modify the  Products so
     that they become  non-infringing  or, if such  remedies are not  reasonably
     available,  grant  Carnival a credit for the price paid to TNC with respect
     to the applicable Products and accept their return (at TNC's sole expense),
     provided, however, that any such remedy will permit the System to fully and
     properly continue to operate as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.  TNC
     shall not have any  liability if the alleged  infringement  is based solely
     upon (i) the use or sale of the Products in combination with other products
     or devices not furnished by TNC, or (ii) any  unauthorized  modification of
     the Products by Carnival.  This Section 11 sets forth TNC's sole obligation
     and  Carnival's  sole remedy with regard to  trademark,  patent,  copyright
     and/or trade secret infringement claims.

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12.  INSURANCE/WAIVER OF SUBROGATION.

     TNC shall obtain and maintain,  throughout the term of this  Agreement,  at
     its own cost and expense:

     (a)  Worker's  Compensation/Employer's  Liability  insurance  covering  its
          employees.  Said  insurance  shall  include  a  Longshore  and  Harbor
          Worker's Compensation Act Coverage Endorsement and a Maritime Coverage
          Endorsement  with no  territorial  limits.  The coverage shall include
          liability  (if any) for (i)  maintenance  and cure as well as personal
          injury or death claims  asserted by TNC's  employees or their estates,
          and (ii)  repatriation,  loss of  personal  effects and other costs to
          employees (including,  without limitation,  burial costs) in the event
          of death, casualty or termination of a voyage.

     (b)  Comprehensive General Liability insurance, including product liability
          coverage, covering claims of passengers or other third parties arising
          out of or in connection with TNC's  operations or the actions of TNC's
          employees  and/or its  subcontractors.  Said  coverage  shall be in an
          amount of at least $__________.

     (c)  Automobile  Liability  insurance for bodily injury and property damage
          in the amount of at least $__________.

     All such insurance shall be in form, in amounts, with carriers and on terms
     reasonably   satisfactory  to  Carnival  and  shall  name  Carnival  as  an
     additional  insured  party,  and  include a waiver of  subrogation.  Within
     thirty  (30)  days of the  execution  of this  Agreement  and no less  than
     annually  thereafter,  TNC shall provide  Carnival  with a  Certificate  or
     Certificates of Insurance evidencing such coverage.

13.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

     TNC ASSUMES NO LIABILITY  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED IN THIS  AGREEMENT,
     AND IN NO EVENT SHALL TNC BE LIABLE WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT FOR DAMAGES
     RELATING TO LOSS OF MAGNETICALLY  STORED COMPUTER  PROGRAMS OR DATA. EXCEPT
     FOR  DAMAGES  ARISING  UNDER  SECTION  11  HEREOF OR AS MAY BE  AWARDED  IN
     CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY AND SUBJECT TO A PARTY'S
     INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH UNDER SECTION 10 HIEREOF,  NEITHER PARTY
     SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,  INDIRECT,  INCIDENTAL,  OR  CONSEQUENTIAL
     DAMAGES.

14.  MATTERS RELATING TO TNC EMPLOYEES.

     (a)  TNC'S OBLIGATIONS. TNC's status under this Agreement is solely that of
          an independent contractor, and TNC at all times has the obligation and
          right to control all of the  employees or other  personnel  engaged by
          TNC to perform its obligations hereunder,  and such persons are solely
          the  responsibility  of TNC. As between  any such person and TNC,  TNC
          hereby  acknowledges that it is solely  responsible for the payment of
          all wages, vacation pay, benefits and repatriation expenses.

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     (b)  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN  EXPENSES.  TNC shall be solely
          responsible for the payment of any medical and subsistence expenses or
          damages to TNC's employees and other  personnel  arising from accident
          or illness,  and TNC shall  promptly  reimburse  Carnival for any such
          expenses or damages incurred by Carnival.

     (c)  NO  MARITIME  LIENS.  Except as  specifically  provided  in  Section 5
          hereof,  neither TNC nor any of its employees or other personnel shall
          have  maritime  liens  on a Ship  for  any  payments  due to  them  in
          connection with this Agreement.

     (d)  JONES ACT.  TNC's  employees  and other  personnel are not entitled to
          assert claims against
                  Carnival under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. 688.

     (e)  EMPLOYEE  CONTRACTS.  TNC will cause each of its  employees  and other
          personnel  who  will  serve  or  work on any  Ship  to sign a  written
          contract or other document, containing the following notice:

     "Your  employer  is a  concessionaire  of Carnival  Corporation,  the owner
     and/or  operator  of the  Ship.  You are  subject  to the  control  of your
     employer.  You are also subject to the authority of the Master for purposes
     of health, safety and discipline. In your dealings with passengers you will
     refer to yourself as a member of the interactive  television system team, `
     However,  your employer is solely responsible for you, and neither the Ship
     nor Carnival  Corporation,  is obligated to you for any  payments.  You are
     required  to  comply  with the terms of any  agreement  and/or  policy  now
     existing,  or hereafter  entered  into or adopted by Carnival  Corporation,
     with respect to the carrying on board the Ship and/or use on board the Ship
     of any narcotics or other controlled  substances that Carnival  Corporation
     may deem  necessary  or  desirable  in view of the  laws,  regulations  and
     policies of any governmental  jurisdiction  including,  without limitation,
     the zero  tolerance  policy  of the  government  of the  United  States  of
     America."

     (f)  SHIP'S ARTICLES.

          (i)   TNC irrevocably  appoints the Master of a Ship as its agent with
                the power of overall  supervision  of TNC's  employees and other
                personnel on board the Ship for purposes of health,  safety, and
                discipline.  The Master may delegate this  supervisory  power to
                the Ship's Staff, Captain and/or Purser.

          (ii)  Only for  purposes  of  health,  safety  and  discipline  and to
                facilitate  compliance with the immigration laws applicable in a
                Ship's base port and other ports of call,  TNC's  employees  and
                other personnel will sign on ship's articles- but such adherence
                to ship's  articles  will not in any way detract  from or modify
                the  TNC's  status  as  an  independent   contractor,   and  its
                relationship   or  its  right  and  obligation  to  control  its
                employees and other  personnel,  as described in Sections  14(a)
                through 14(d),  above.  Carnival agrees to make all arrangements
                for  TNC's  employees  and  other  personnel  to sign on and off
                ship's articles.

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     (g)  HEALTH AND DOCUMENTATION.

          (i)   TNC will employ  on-board the Ship only persons who, to the best
                of TNC's knowledge,  are of good moral character as well as good
                health,  and who hold  valid  passports,  visas,  and all  other
                permits   required   by  any   governmental   authority   having
                jurisdiction,  in order  that  they may enter and leave the base
                port and other ports where the Ship may call.

          (ii)  TNC will at its own expense  arrange  for each of its  employees
                and other  personnel  to  receive  and pass a  complete  medical
                examination including a chest x-ray and blood test,  immediately
                prior to serving  on-board a Ship and  periodically  thereafter,
                provided that the  foregoing  shall apply only to any person who
                will be on  board,  for  more  than  two (2)  weeks  during  any
                calendar year, any Ship which has entered service. The report of
                such  examination  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Ship's  doctor
                indicating that the employee or other personnel is medically fit
                for  service  on-board  the Ship in  accordance  with  standards
                established by Carnival and applicable to its own crew.

     (h)  GROOMING.  TNC's  employees and other personnel will at all times keep
          themselves  neatly groomed,  well spoken,  and suitably attired in TNC
          uniforms.

     (i)  REMOVAL. In his/her discretion, the Master of a Ship may require, when
          he/she  determines it necessary in his/her sole discretion to preserve
          health,  safety or discipline on board the Ship,  that any employee or
          other personnel of TNC remove  himself/herself  and his/her belongings
          from a Ship at any time when the Ship is in port, and all repatriation
          expenses,  if any, will be for TNC's account. TNC shall be entitled to
          appeal such  removal by  referring  the matter to  Carnival  for final
          determination, which determination shall be made in good faith.

     (j)  PROHIBITED   ITEM.   TNC's  employees  and  other  personnel  are  not
          permitted:

          (i)   To carry or  consume  aboard a Ship  any  firearms  or  weapons,
                narcotics,  or other  drugs which are  prohibited  in the Ship's
                ports,  except  pursuant to a program of medical  care under the
                direct supervision of the Ship's doctor;

          (ii)  To  consume  alcoholic  beverages  aboard a Ship to the point of
                intoxication  or to  the  point  where,  during  the  subsequent
                performance  of their  duties,  such  consumption  could  become
                apparent to the passengers;

          (iii) To board a Ship in an  intoxicated  state without the consent of
                the Master;

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          (iv)  To  engage in  gambling  aboard a Ship in the  Ship's  casino or
                amongst themselves, or engage in any illegal activity;

          (v)   To  sell  any   merchandise  to   passengers,   or  to  purchase
                merchandise from the interactive system for resale.

15.  TNC'S OTHER GENERAL OBLIGATIONS.

     (a)  SAFE STOWAGE. Subject to the approval of the Master of the Ship, which
          approval  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld  or  delayed,  TNC will
          safely stow for sea and will maintain such safe stowage for sea all of
          the System components and its other property,  as well as all property
          belonging  to  Carnival  which  TNC uses to  perform  its  obligations
          hereunder.

     (b)  UNSEAWORTHINESS.  TNC will  not  knowingly  or  recklessly  create  an
          unseaworthy condition in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

     (c)  CAREFUL OPERATIONS.  TNC will care for the property of a Ship utilized
          by TNC in  performance  of its  obligations  hereunder  in a  careful,
          efficient and businesslike manner.

     (d)  COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. TNC will comply with all laws and regulations of
          all  governmental  authorities  having  jurisdiction  relating  to its
          obligations or operations  hereunder.  Without limiting the generality
          of the  foregoing,  TNC  represents  and warrants that delivery of the
          System to the Ships will not violate any law, statute or regulation of
          the  United  States  of  America,  including  without  limitation  any
          applicable  export laws or  regulations.  Carnival shall  provide,  at
          TNC's sole cost and expense, reasonable assistance to TNC in acquiring
          all necessary  regulatory or other approvals for engaging in the sale,
          delivery,  connection and use of the Products and related power supply
          transformers. All such approvals will, to the extent permitted by law,
          be  obtained  in the  name  of and on  behalf  of TNC or a  designated
          representative of TNC.

     (e)  DAMAGED  PROPERTY.  Each party  will,  at its own  expense,  repair or
          replace the other party's  property  which is damaged by the negligent
          acts of such other party's  employees,  over and above normal wear and
          tear.

16.  CRUISE SCHEDULING.

     Sailing and other cruise periods shall be scheduled at the sole  discretion
     of Carnival.

17.  ESCROW AGREEMENT.

     At the request of Carnival,  on or prior to the Acceptance  Date, TNC shall
     enter into an escrow  agreement,  in substantially the form attached hereto
     as  Schedule  "F",  providing  for TNC's  escrow of the source code for the
     Licensed  Software  (except for "off the shelf'  third party  software  for
     which TNC licenses from such third party with no rights to source code upon

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     terms  mutually   agreeable  to  TNC  and  Carnival   (including,   without
     limitation,  the  release of the source  code to  Carnival  if TNC  becomes
     insolvent or if TNC fails to provide  services  under Section 9 herein) and
     with  Carnival  as escrow  agent,  or with such  other  escrow  agent as is
     mutually  acceptable TNC and Carnival.  If a party other than Carnival acts
     as the escrow agent,  the fees and any other expenses payable to the escrow
     agent shall be split equally by TNC and Carnival.

18.  CONFIDENTIALITY.

     (a)  Each party agrees,  during the term of this Agreement and  thereafter,
          to maintain the  confidential  nature of the terms and  conditions  of
          this  Agreement  and of  any  proprietary  information  (collectively,
          "Information")  shared  with it by the other  party or  obtained  by a
          party from the other party's books, records or computer systems, or by
          reason of a party's  access to the other  party's  business  premises.
          Each party shall retain all right,  title,  and interest in and to all
          of its  respective  Information,  including  but  not  limited  to any
          intellectual property rights embodied or contained therein. Each party
          shall  (i) keep -in  strictest  confidence  and trust all of the other
          party's  Information  and not use or  disclose  any  such  Information
          without the express prior written consent of such other party,  except
          as  reasonably  necessary  for  the  installation,   operation  and/or
          maintenance of the Products and/or the System,  or to allow a party to
          perform its  obligations  or enforce its rights under this  Agreement,
          and (ii) use its best reasonable  efforts (but in no event less effort
          than such party uses to protect its own  confidential  information) to
          diligently protect all such Information against loss by inadvertent or
          unauthorized disclosure or use.

     (b)  Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary  contained in subsection (a)
          above,  neither  party shall have any  obligation  or  liability  with
          respect to any Information of the other party, to the extent that such
          Information  (i) is or  becomes  publicly  available  other  than as a
          result of any act by such party in violation of subsection (a) of this
          Section 18, (ii) is known to such party  prior to  disclosure  by such
          other  party,   or  prior  to  such  party's  having  access  to  such
          Information pursuant to this Agreement,  (iii) is or becomes available
          to such party from a source that,  to such party's  knowledge,  is not
          bound  by  an  obligation  of  confidentiality  to  such  other  party
          prohibiting  such  disclosure,  or (iv) is, on the advice of  counsel,
          required to be disclosed by law or legal process.

     (c)  Neither party shall,  without the prior  written  consent of the other
          party, publicly disclose any terms of this Agreement, or the fact that
          this Agreement exists.

19.  RIGHT TO MAKE AGREEMENT.

     Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other that it has
     all necessary and appropriate  power and authority to execute,  deliver and
     carry out the terms and provisions hereof and that its execution,  delivery
     and performance thereof will not constitute a default by it under any other
     agreement to which it is a party.

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20.  AGREEMENT APPROVAL.

     Each party hereby represents and warrants that all necessary  approvals for
     this Agreement have been obtained,  and the person whose signature  appears
     below has the authority  necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement on
     behalf of the party indicated.

21.  NOTICES.

     Any  notices  or  other  communication  required  by or  relating  to  this
     Agreement  shall be writing,  and shall be  sufficient if given as follows:
     (i) if delivered by hand or sent by facsimile,  on the date of receipt,  as
     confirmed by the courier or by automatic  facsimile  confirmation;  (ii) if
     sent by reputable  overnight delivery service, on the day following the day
     of sending;  (iii) if sent by certified or registered mail,  return receipt
     requested,  in each case to the  address  set forth  below,  subject to any
     address change provided by notice given in such manner.

     If to TNC:                            If to Carnival:

     The Network Connection, Inc.          Carnival Cruise Lines
     222 N. 44th St.                       3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
     Phoenix, AZ   85034                   Miami, Florida 33178-2428
     Attn: Contracts and Legal Affairs     Attn:_____________________
     Facsimile: (602) 629-6300             Facsimile:________________

                                           with a copy to the attention of the
                                           General Counsel, at the same address,
                                           facsimile no _______________________

22.  FORCE MAJEURE.

     Neither party to this Agreement  shall be liable for its failure to perform
     or for delay in performing any of its  obligations  hereunder to the extent
     that such  performance  is  delayed  or  prevented  by fire,  flood,  wind,
     earthquake,  war,  embargo,  strikes,   explosions,  riots  or  other  such
     catastrophic  events,  or by laws, rules or regulations of any governmental
     authority,  and all time periods for performance under this Agreement shall
     be  extended  for an amount of time  equal to the  duration  of such  force
     majeure event.

23.  ASSIGNMENT.

     This  Agreement  or any part  hereof  shall not be  assigned  or  otherwise
     transferred  by any party  without the prior  written  consent of the other
     party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing,  however,  Carnival may assign or other-wise transfer its rights
     and  obligations  under this  Agreement  to any entity with which  Carnival
     merges or to which it sells all or substantially  all of its assets,  or to
     any entity that purchases or charters a Ship.

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24.  MODIFICATIONS.

     Except as expressly set forth herein to the contrary,  no  modification  of
     any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be effective unless
     such  modification  is  expressed  in writing  and  executed by each of the
     parties hereto.

25.  RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES.

     The parties are acting herein as independent  contracting parties.  Nothing
     herein  shall  create or be  construed  as  creating a  partnership,  joint
     venture or agency relationship between the parties, and no party shall have
     the authority to bind the other in any respect.

26.  GOVERNING LAW.

     THIS  AGREEMENT  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE  WITH THE
     LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
     THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL  PROCEEDING  ARISING UNDER THIS  AGREEMENT
     SHALL  TAKE  PLACE IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL  COURTS  LOCATED  IN  MIAMI-DADE
     COUNTY,  FLORIDA, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO JURISDICTION IN SUCH
     COURTS  AND TO  SERVICE OF PROCESS  WITH  RESPECT  THERETO,  AND WAIVES ANY
     OBJECTIONS TO ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE
     BASED ON IMSDICTION,  VENUE, OR THE ADEQUACY OF EXTR-A-TERRITORIAL  SERVICE
     OF PROCESS.

27.  SEVERABILITY.

     The provisions of this Agreement are to be construed separately, and if any
     one or more of the provisions  hereof are not given legal effect by a court
     of competent  jurisdiction,  such provision(s) shall be deemed deleted from
     the  Agreement  and the  Agreement  shall be construed and enforced to most
     closely reflect the intent of the parties hereto.

28.  WAIVER.

     Either  party's  failure to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement
     shall  not  constitute  a waiver of any past,  present  or future  right or
     remedy.

29.  RETENTION OF RIGHTS.

     Except as specifically provided herein,  Carnival shall not obtain, by this
     Agreement,  any  right,  title  or  interest  in or to the  patent  rights,
     trademarks, service marks, and copyrights or any and all other intellectual
     property  rights  embodied  in  the  Products  and  sub-assemblies  thereof
     manufactured  by, or on behalf  of,  TNC,  nor shall  this  Agreement  give
     Carnival the right to use, refer to, or incorporate in any way or form such
     intellectual -property rights.

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30.  CAPTIONS.

     The captions used in this Agreement are for convenience  only and shall not
     affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the provisions set forth
     herein.

31.  SURVIVAL.

     Sections  2(a)(v),  6, 9, 10,  11, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 21 through 32 of this
     Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination,  for any reason,  of
     this Agreement.

32.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

     This Agreement shall constitute the final,  complete and exclusive  written
     expression of the intentions of the parties hereto and shall  supersede all
     previous   communications,   representations,   agreements,   promises   or
     statements,  either oral or written,  by either  party.  No other terms and
     conditions, including without limitation any terms and conditions stated on
     Carnival's  purchase order or any  document(s)  accompanying  such purchase
     order,  or TNC's invoice or packing slip or similar  document(s),  shall be
     applicable, except upon the mutual written agreement of the parties hereto.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this Agreement has been duly executed by the par-ties
hereto as of the date first above written.

THE NETWORK CONNECTION, INC.              CARNIVAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ William L. Riner                  By: /s/ Brandon Corgen
   ----------------------------------       ------------------------------------
Name: William L. Riner                    Name: Brandon Corgon
     --------------------------------          ---------------------------------
Title:                                    Title:
      -------------------------------           --------------------------------

                                       18THE NETWORK CONNECTION INCORPORATED (1)

                                       AND

                            STEPHEN JOSEPH OLLIER (2)

                                SERVICE AGREEMENT
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(1)  "The Company" The Network  Connection  Incorporated  of 222 N. 44th Street,
     Phoenix, Arizona 85034, United States of America.

(2)  "The Executive" Stephen Joseph Ollier of Westfield House 4 West Bank Avenue
     Derby, United Kingdom, DE22 1AP.

1. EMPLOYMENT AND DURATION

     1.1  The Company employs the Executive as Managing Director.

          1.2  The  employment  of the  Executive  will commence on 20 September
               1999  and  will  continue  (subject  to  earlier  termination  in
               accordance with the Agreement)  until  terminated by either party
               giving  to the  other  not less  than 6 months  prior  notice  in
               writing.

2. HOURS OF WORK

     2.1  The Executive's normal hours of work at 8:30 am. to 5:00 pm. Monday to
          Thursday  with a 45  minute  break  for lunch and 8:30 am. to 2:00 pm.
          Friday with a 30 minute break for lunch.

     2.2  The  Executive  will  also  work  such  additional  hours  as  may  be
          reasonably necessary for the proper performance of his duties.

3. PLACE OF WORK AND RESIDENCE

     3.1  The Executive will perform his duties a the Company's  office in Derby
          ad/or such other  place as the  Company  reasonably  requires  whether
          inside or outside the United  Kingdom by the Company  will not without
          his prior consent require him to go to or reside anywhere  outside the
          Untied Kingdom except for visits in the ordinary course of his duties.

4. PAY

     4.1  During his employment the Company will pay to the Executive:

          4.1.1 a basic salary at the rate of $120,000  per year payable to a UK
                Bank  account  nominated  by  the  Executive  by  equal  monthly
                instalments in arrears on or before the last working day of each
                month.

          4.1.2 An annual  bonus  to be  based on  achieving  agreed  objectives
                (determined in the light of the  performance by the Executive of
                his duties)  up to  a maximum of  the  Executive's  basic salary
                from time to time.

     4.2  The Executive's  basic salary will be reviewed by the Company in April
          each year and may be  increased  by the Company  with effect from that
          date by such amount if any as it thinks fit.

5. SHARE OPTION SCHEME

     5.1  The Company  shall  establish a share  option  scheme  under which the
          Executive  shall be granted  options for 120,000 Company shares or the
          equivalent  with an exercise  price per option  equal to the last sale
          price of a Company  share as  reported by The Nasdaq  Stock  Market on
          September 20, 1999.  Options for 40,000  Company  shares shall vest on
          September 20, 2000.  Options for the remaining  80,000  Company shares
          will vest in 24 monthly instalments, each as nearly equal in number as
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          possible to all others.  The first such monthly  instalment shall vest
          on October 31, 1000, and each subsequent monthly instalment shall vest
          on the  last  day of the  month  following  the  month  in  which  the
          preceding  monthly  instalment  vested,  for  each  of  the  following
          twenty-three  calendar  months.  Each option will have a six-year term
          from the date on which it vests to be exercised. The options will best
          subject to  Executive's  continued  employment  with the Company.  The
          options shall be evidenced by one or more written  option  agreements,
          each of which shall contain the  foregoing  provisions or the terms of
          the share option scheme,  as the board of directors of the Company may
          determine in its sole discretion.

6. PENSION

     6.1  The  Company  has no  Pension  Scheme  applicable  to the  Executive's
          employment but the Company will make  contributions on a monthly basis
          to a Pension Scheme  nominated by the Executive at a rate of 3% of the
          Executive's monthly basic salary.

7. INSURANCE BENEFITS

     7.1  The Company will bear the costs of the  Executive  being a member of a
          reputable  permanent health  insurance scheme for himself,  his spouse
          and  dependant  children  and a  reputable  private  medical  expenses
          insurance scheme subject always to the rules of such schemes.

8. CAR

     8.1  The Company will provide the Executive with a car of a make, model and
          specification selected by the Executive (equivalent to a BMW 535I) for
          business and private use by him and his family.

     8.2  The Company will bear all expenses of the car.

     8.3  The Executive will:

          8.3.1 comply with  all  the  Company's  regulations  with  respect  to
                company cars;

          8.3.2 notify the Company of any accidents involving his company car,

          8.3.3 on the termination of his employment  return his company car and
                keys to the Company

          8.3.4 keep the vehicle in good  running  order and in a clean and tidy
                condition;

          8.3.5 keep such  records  relating  to its  use as  are  necessary  to
                satisfy any Inland Revenue regulations.

9. EXPENSES

     9.1  The Company will  reimburse to the  Executive all  travelling,  hotel,
          entertainment  and other  expenses  reasonably  incurred by him in the
          proper  performance  of his duties  subject to the  production  to the
          Company of such  vouchers or other  evidence of actual  payment of the
          expenses as the Company may reasonably require.  The Executive will be
          entitled to travel in Business or equivalent class.

     9.2  The Company  will pay the cost of the  telephone  rental in respect of
          the Executive's home telephone and the cost of a mobile phone together
          with the cost of all calls made in  performing  his duties  under this
          Agreement.

10. HOLIDAY

     10.1 In addition to English statutory holidays the Executive is entitled to
          25 working  days paid holiday in each holiday year which runs from the
          1st January to 31st December.

     10.2 For  the  holiday  year  during  which  his  employment  commences  or
          terminates,  the  Executive  is entitled to 2 working days holiday for
          each complete  calendar  month of his  employment  during that holiday
          year.

     10.3 On the termination of his employment the Executive will be entitled to
          pay in lieu of outstanding  holiday entitlement or will be required to
          repay to the Company any salary  received for holiday  taken in excess
          of his actual entitlement.

     10.4 For the  purpose of  calculating  any holiday pay the days pay will be
          the Executive's basic annual salary divided by 260.

11. CONFLICT OF INTEREST

     11.1 During this  Agreement the  Executive  will not (except with the prior
          written  consent of the  Company) be directly  or  indirectly  engaged
          concerned  or  interested  in any  other  business  which is wholly or
          partly in  competition  with the  business  carried on by the  Company
          provided that the Executive may hold any units of any authorised  unit
          trust and up to three per cent of the  issued  shares,  debentures  or
          other  securities  of any class of any company whose shares are listed
          on a Recognised Investment Exchange.

     11.2 The Executive  will not directly or  indirectly  receive or obtain any
          gift discount rebate  commission or other inducement  (whether in cash
          or kind) in respect of any sale or  purchase  of any goods or services
          effected or other business transacted (whether or not by him) by or on
          behalf of the Company.  The Executive will immediately  account to the
          Company for any amount or inducement actually received by him.

12. SHARE DEALINGS

     12.1 The  Executive  will comply with every rule of law, and of the Company
          in relation to dealings in shares,  debentures or other securities and
          unpublished   price  sensitive   information   affecting  the  shares,
          debentures or other securities of the Company. In relation to overseas
          dealings the Executive will also comply with all laws of the state and
          all  regulations  of the stock  exchange,  market or dealing system in
          which such dealings take place.

13. CONFIDENTIALITY

     13.1 The  Executive  will not either  during his  employment or at any time
          after its termination:

          13.1.1 Disclose any Confidential Business Information to any person or
                 persons  (except  in the proper  performance  of  his duties or
                 as required by law);

          13.1.2 Use any Confidential  Business Information for his own purposes
                 or for any purposes other than those of the Company;

          13.1.3 Through  any  failure to  exercise  all due care and  diligence
                 cause  any  unauthorised  disclosure of  Confidential  Business
                 Information.
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14. INCAPACITY

     14.1 If the  Executive  is  absent  because  of  illness  injury  or  other
          incapacity he will notify the Company forthwith.

     14.2 Immediately following his return to work the Executive will complete a
          Self-Certification form detailing the reason for his absence.

     14.3 If the  Executive is so absent for seven or more  consecutive  days he
          will provide a medical practitioner's  statement on the eighth day and
          weekly  thereafter so that the whole period of absence is certified by
          such statements.

     14.4 If the  Executive is absent from his duties  hereunder  due to illness
          injury or other  incapacity  duly  certified  in  accordance  with the
          provisions of sub-clause 14.1 hereof he will be paid:

          14.4.1 His full remuneration hereunder (including bonus) for up to 130
                 working days absence in any period of 12 months;

          14.4.2 one half his remuneration hereunder (including bonus) for up to
                 a further 65 working days absence in any period of 12 months;

          14.4.3 thereafter  such  remuneration if any as the Company may in its
                 discretion  from  time  to  time  determines.   Provided   such
                 remuneration will not be less than the proceeds received by the
                 Company  in  respect  of  the  Executive  under  the  Company's
                 permanent  health  insurance  scheme  (after   paying   pension
                 contributions)  such remuneration  shall  be  inclusive  of any
                 Statutory  Sick  Pay  or  other  benefits  recoverable  by  the
                 Executive (whether or not recovered).

     14.5 For Statutory Sick Pay purposes the  Executive's  qualifying days will
          be his normal working days.

     14.6 If the  Executive  shall  receive  any  payment(s)  from a third party
          (including  his own  Insurance  company)  in respect  of  damages  for
          absence from employment due to incapacity, then any sum(s) paid by the
          Company  to him in  respect  of the same  period of  absence  shall be
          recoverable  by the  Company  out of such  damages as money due to the
          Company.

15. OTHER EMPLOYMENT

15.1      The  Executive  will  devote  the  whole of his  time,  attention  and
          abilities  during his hours of work for the  Company to his duties for
          the Company.  The Executive will not,  whether directly or indirectly,
          undertake any other duties, of whatever kind, during his hours of work
          for the Company.

15.2      The  Executive  will not  without  the prior  written  consent  of the
          Company  (which will not be  unreasonably  withheld)  engage,  whether
          directly or indirectly, in any business or employment which is similar
          to or in any way connected to or competitive  with the business of the
          Company  in  which  the  Executive  works  or  which  could  or  might
          reasonably  be  considered  by  others to impair  the  ability  of the
          Executive to act at all times in the best interests of the Company.

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16. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

     16.1 IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL

          The Company may terminate this Agreement with immediate  effect if the
          Executive:

          16.1.1 commits  any act of gross  misconduct  or repeats or  continues
                 (after  written  warning)  any  other  serious  breach  of  his
                 obligations under this Agreement; or

          16.1.2 is convicted  of any  criminal offence punishable with 6 months
                 or more  imprisonment  (excluding an offence under road traffic
                 legislation  in the United Kingdom or elsewhere for which he is
                 not sentenced to any term of imprisonment  whether immediate or
                 suspended); or

          16.1.3 becomes  bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition  with
                 his creditors generally.

16.2 TERMINATION PAYMENT

     On the  termination  of this  Agreement,  other  than  by way of  immediate
     dismissal  under clause 16.1 above,  the Company will make a payment to the
     Executive of a sum equivalent to the  Executive's  then basic annual salary
     in  addition  to any  other  rights,  statutory  or  otherwise,  which  the
     Executive may have as a result of the termination of this Agreement.

17. NON SOLICITATION

     17.1 After the termination of the Executive's employment for any reason the
          Executive  will not for a period  of 3 months  from  such  termination
          either  directly or  indirectly on his own account or on behalf of any
          other person,  firm or company solicit custom from any person, firm or
          corporation  who or which was a customer  of the Company and with whom
          the Executive  had dealings on behalf of the Company  during the final
          six months of the Executive's employment by the Company.

     17.2 The Executive will not for a period of 3 months immediately  following
          the termination of his employment either directly or indirectly on his
          own account or on behalf of any other person,  firm or Company solicit
          any person who is a senior  employee of the Company on the date of the
          termination of the  Executive's  employment to leave their  employment
          with the Company.

18. GENERAL

     18.1 STATUTORY PARTICULARS

          The further  particulars  of terms of employment  not contained in the
          body  of this  Agreement  which  must be  given  to the  Executive  in
          compliance with Part 1 of the Employment  Rights Act 1996 are given in
          Schedule 1.

     18.2 PRIOR AGREEMENTS

          This Agreement sets out the entire agreement and  understanding of the
          parties.

     18.3 PROPER LAW

          The validity  construction  and  performance of this Agreement will be
          governed by English law.

     18.4 ACCEPTANCE OF JURISDICTION

          All disputes,  claims or proceedings  between the parties  relating to
          the validity,  construction  or  performance of this Agreement will be
          subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice
          in  England  and  Wales  ("the  High  Court")  to  which  the  parties
          irrevocably  submit.  Each party irrevocably  consents to the award or
          grant of any relief in any such proceedings before the High Court.

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19. ACCRUED RIGHTS

     The expiration or termination  of this Agreement  however  arising will not
     operate to affect such of the provisions of this Agreement as are expressed
     to operate or have effect  after then and will be without  prejudice to any
     accrued rights or remedies of the parties.

20. INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

     20.1 In this Agreement:

          20.1.1 the  headings to the clauses and the index are for  convenience
                 only and have no legal effect; 20.1.2 the singular includes the
                 plural and vice versa;

          20.1.3 the  masculine  includes the  feminine  and vice versa;  20.1.4
                 reference  to any  Act  or statutory   provision  includes  any
                 enactment modifying or replacing it.

     20.2 "Confidential  Business  Information"  means  all  and  any  Corporate
          Information,  Marketing  Information,  Technical Information and other
          information  (whether  or  not  recorded  in  documentary  form  or on
          computer  disk or  tape)  to  which  the  Company  attaches  level  of
          confidentiality  commensurate  to  those  forms of  information  or in
          respect of which it owes an obligation of confidentiality to any Third
          Party:

          20.2.1 which  the  Executive  will  acquire  at any  time  during  his
                 employment by the Company  but which  does not form part of the
                 Executive's own stock in trade; and

          20.2.2 which is not readily  ascertainable  to persons  not  connected
                 with  the   Company   either  at  all  or  without  significant
                 expenditure of labour, skill or money.

     20.3 "Marketing  Information" means all and any information (whether or not
          recorded in documentary  form or on computer disk or tape) relating to
          the  marketing  or sales of any past,  present  or future  product  or
          service of the Company  including that limitation  sales,  targets and
          statistics, market share and pricing statistics, marketing surveys and
          plans, market research reports, sales technics,  price lists, discount
          structures,   advertising   and  promotional   material,   the  names,
          addresses,   telephone  numbers,   contact  names  and  identities  of
          customers  and  prospective  customers of and  suppliers and potential
          supplies  to the  Company,  the nature of their  business  operations,
          their  requirements for any product or service sold to or purchased by
          the  Company   and  all   confidential   aspects  of  their   business
          relationship with the Company.

     20.4 "Technical  Information"  means  all and  any  trade  secrets,  secret
          formulae,  processes,   inventions,  designs,  know  how  discoveries,
          technical  specifications and other technical  information (whether or
          not recorded in documentary form or on computer disk or tape) relating
          to the creation,  production or supply of any past,  present or future
          product or service of the Company.

21. NOTICES

     Any notice to be given by a party under this  Agreement  must be in writing
     and  must be  given by  delivery  at or  sending  by  first  class  post or
     facsimile  transmission  or other means of  telecommunication  in permanent
     written form to the last know postal address or relevant telecommunications
     number of the other party. Where notice is given by sending in a prescribed
     manner it will be deemed to have been received when in the ordinary  course
     of the means of  transmission  it would be  received by the  addressee.  To
     prove  the  giving  of a  notice  it  will  be  sufficient  to  show it was
     despatched.  A notice  will have  effect  from the  sooner of its actual or
     deemed receipt by the addressee.
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                                   SCHEDULE 1

PART 1 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996

The following  information is given to supplement the  information  given in the
body of the Agreement in order to comply with the  requirements of Part 1 of the
Act

1.   The Executive's employment by the Company commenced on 20th September 1999.

2.   No employment of the Executive with a previous  employer  counts as part of
     the Executive's continuous employment with the company.

3.   No Contracting Out  Certificate  pursuant to the provisions of the Pensions
     Schemes  Act 1993 is held by the  Company  in  respect  of the  Executive's
     employment.

4.   The  Executive  is  subject  to  the  Company's   Disciplinary   Rules  and
     Disciplinary Procedures copies of which have been given to the Executive.

5.   If the Executive has any grievance  relating to his employment  (other than
     one relating to a disciplinary  decision) he should refer such grievance to
     the Board of the Company.
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         SIGNED by /s/ STEPHEN J. OLLIER
         the said Stephen Joseph Ollier
         In the presence of:
         WITNESS: Signature:
                  Name (block capitals):
                  Address:

                  Occupation:

         SIGNED by /s/ IRWIN L. GROSS
         duly authorised on behalf of The
         Network Connection Incorporated
         In the presence of
         WITNESS: Signature: /s/ DAVID N. SHEVRIN
                  Name (block capitals):
                  Address:

                  Occupation:

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