US LEC TO PROVIDE BROADBAND/LOCAL CALLING TO NHL CLUB.

As the leading competitive carrier in Nashville, US LEC Corp. (NASDAQ:CLEC), a super-regional telecommunications carrier providing integrated voice, data and Internet services to business customers, has announced that the Nashville Predators have selected US LEC to provide the organization with multiple telecommunications services, including local calling and broadband services. Under the terms of the three-year deal, US LEC is recognized as "the Official Broadband Partner for the Nashville Predators." The agreement also provides co-marketing opportunities to US LEC in conjunction with the NHL and the Predators.

"US LEC has a reputation for providing a dependable product and impeccable customer service to businesses in the Nashville area and throughout the Southeast," said Dave Nivison, vice president of corporate partnerships for the Nashville Predators. "An important factor in the selection process was the availability of US LEC's Multi-Link Frame Relay product. We are looking forward to our partnership with US LEC and developing integrated marketing initiatives."

US LEC's Multi-Link Frame Relay (MLFR) product, simplifies the Predators' mission-critical communications by allowing Internet and frame relay services to exceed T-1 speeds up to 12.0 megabits. MLFR provides for faster data transmission by fragmenting large data files across all available T-1s, rather than forcing data to "wait in line" to be transmitted.

"US LEC has a strong history of providing the right solutions of integrated voice, data and internet solutions to meet the needs of our customers," said Tom Coffey, director of sales for US LEC in Nashville. "We were able to help the Predators organization with a truly cost-effective alternative."

With nearly 2,500 medium and large-sized business customers and enterprise organizations in Tennessee, US LEC successfully targets business customers in other vertical industries that include the automotive, construction, education, entertainment, financial, government, hospitality, manufacturing, professional/legal, real estate and transportation sectors.

About US LEC

Based in Charlotte, NC, US LEC is a leading telecommunications carrier providing integrated voice, data and Internet services to medium and large businesses and enterprise organizations throughout 15 Eastern states and the District of Columbia. US LEC services include local and long distance calling services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, advanced data services such as Frame Relay, Multi-Link Frame Relay and ATM, dedicated and dial-up Internet services, managed data solutions, data center services and Web hosting. US LEC also provides selected voice services in 25 additional states and selected data services nationwide.

For more information, visit http://www.uslec.com or call 704/319-1135.

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