MCI WorldCom Wins Internet World's Best Of Show Award For Peermaker Service

NEW YORK, (Internet World), Oct. 8 -

MCI WorldCom's new PeerMaker service today was recognized for
"being without peer" by grabbing Internet World's Best
of Show award (Internet Services category) for "greatly improving
Internet access and e-commerce capabilities." This unique
and innovative Web-based tool improves overall performance of the
Internet by enabling Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to dynamically
manage their peering relationships at the Internet's major
network access points.

PeerMaker enables Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) customers to
provision Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) in near real time at MCI
WorldCom's Metropolitan Area Exchange (MAE) sites in Vienna, VA;
Dallas, TX; and San Jose, CA. PeerMaker is the first of several
innovative virtual data and Internet-related services MCI WorldCom
will be introducing in the coming months.

MCI WorldCom is a global telecommunications company with revenue
of more than $30 billion and established operations in over 65
countries encompassing the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific
regions. MCI WorldCom is a premier provider of facilities-based and
fully Integrated local, long distance, international and Internet
services. MCI WorldCom's global networks, including its
state-of-the-art pan-European network and transoceanic cable systems,
provide end-to-end high-capacity connectivity to more than 35,000
buildings worldwide.

For more information on MCI WorldCom, visit the World Wide Web at
http://www.mciworldcom.com or
http://www.wcom.com

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