[2] KMC Telecom Promotes Ed Presnell to Regional Vice President, South Atlantic Region.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

AUGUSTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000

KMC Telecom, a fiber-based integrated communications provider, today announced the promotion of Ed Presnell to Regional Vice President of the South Atlantic Region.

Prior to his promotion, Presnell served as City Director for KMC Telecom in Augusta, a position he has held since starting with the company in April 1997.

In his new position, Presnell will remain in Augusta to direct the sales, business development and customer service efforts of KMC Telecom cities in the two states that make up the South Atlantic Region: South Carolina and Georgia.

Cities in this region currently served by KMC Telecom include: Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah and Augusta. Presnell will report to Jamie Longino, Senior Vice President, Southern Division.

"In his years with KMC Telecom, Ed Presnell has consistently reflected the determination and drive that will help promote and develop our local presence in the targeted areas served by the South Atlantic Region," said Roscoe C. Young II, President and Chief Operating Officer of KMC Telecom. "His able leadership and steady advances in the competitive Augusta market make him perfectly suited to help KMC achieve its regional business objectives."

Prior to joining KMC, Presnell served for ten years as general manager of Cellular One. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development for Bankers First, Augusta, and as an Augusta Sales Manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Presnell is active in the Augusta community, where he serves as President of the Greater Augusta Sports Council, and as Vice Chairman of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Exchange Club of Augusta, and is a director of the Atlantic Coast Cutting Horse Association.

He holds a B.A. in Economics from Clemson University, and is currently serving a three-year term as a member of the Clemson University Board of Visitors.

"I am looking forward to meeting this new challenge as we achieve our objectives for KMC Telecom," said Presnell. "The dynamic market for advanced communications services offers KMC Telecom a great opportunity, and I am very excited to be a part of it."

About KMC Telecom

KMC Telecom is a fiber-based integrated communications provider offering data, voice and Internet infrastructure services to businesses, governments and institutional end-users, Internet service providers, long distance carriers and wireless service providers.

KMC's business has two distinct components: serving communications-intensive customers in markets with populations between 100,000 and 750,000, referred to as Tier III markets; and providing data services on a nationwide basis.