@Home Benelux Selects Metromedia Fiber Network to Expand Broadband Network in the Netherlands.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

AMSTERDAM & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2001

One of the Largest IP Transit Deals in Europe, Reflects

Growth in Broadband Services

Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (MFN) (Nasdaq: MFNX), the leading provider of digital communications infrastructure solutions, announced today that it will provide network infrastructure and IP transit services in the Netherlands to @Home Benelux, a leading provider of broadband online services operating independently in the region of Benelux under the Dutch parent company Essent Kabelcom.

Securing a network capacity of 750Mb-1.5Gbps, the agreement represents one of the largest IP transit deals in the region and enables @Home Benelux to enhance the speed and quality of its existing services and meet the growing demand for broadband connectivity.

Under the agreement, @Home Benelux will use MFN's extensive optical IP backbone to scale its communication network and increase bandwidth capacity by 35-percent. MFN's massive bandwidth availability will help @Home Benelux provide its 100,000 business and consumer subscribers with an enhanced online experience, ensuring high-reliability, fast response times and the highest levels of online performance when accessing data and multimedia-rich applications, such as video and audio.

"With the exponential and continued growth of Internet data traffic, the ability to expand bandwidth and manage scalability to ensure the highest level of online application performance has become a critical factor in the development of network infrastructures," said Pim Berger, senior vice president European Region for MFN. "This, together with the demand for media-rich applications, is causing service providers and enterprise organizations to re-examine their network capabilities. With our private IP network and infrastructure services, MFN is well positioned to provide organizations with the optical IP connectivity needed to meet the anticipated growth of broadband access."

"Expanding our Benelux network with MFN's services will allow @Home Benelux to deliver on its vision of providing residential and business customers with a leading broadband experience and 24-hour access to the personalized services they demand," said Willem Mol, director NSI, @Home Benelux. "Our investment will enable us to meet the increased Internet connectivity demands of our existing customers and extend the benefits of broadband access to new subscribers. The agreement builds on an existing relationship with MFN and we look forward to their continued support."

About @Home Benelux

@Home Benelux is a provider of Broadband Internet through cable for consumers. The Company also delivers fast Internet access for the business market based on DSL technology under the trademark @Work. Located in Amsterdam, @Home Benelux has approximately 250 employees and 100,000 subscribers.

Principally owned by Essent Kabelcom, @Home Benelux was started under the initiative of the shareholders in December 1998 and in May 1999 @Home Broadband Internet became available to subscribers in Essent-regions. @Home Benelux launched its @Work ADSL services for businesses at the end of November 2000.

About MFN

MFN is the leading provider of digital communications infrastructure solutions. The Company combines the most extensive metropolitan area fiber network with a global optical IP network, state-of-the-art data centers and award-winning managed services to deliver fully integrated, outsourced communications solutions to Global 2000 companies. The all-fiber infrastructure enables MFN customers to share vast amounts of information internally and externally over private networks and a global IP backbone, creating collaborative businesses that communicate at the speed of light.

Customers can take advantage of MFN's complete, end-to-end solution or select individual components to complement their existing infrastructures. By leasing MFN's metropolitan and regional fiber, customers can create their own, private optical network with virtually unlimited, un-metered bandwidth at a fixed fee. For more reliable, secure and high-performance Internet connectivity, customers can use MFN's private IP network to communicate globally without ever touching the public-switched network. Moreover, MFN's comprehensive managed services enable companies to create a world-class Internet presence, optimize complex sites and private optical networks, and transform legacy applications, all with a single point of contact.

One network. One infrastructure. One source.

For more information on MFN, please visit our Web site at www.mfn.com .

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, and various other factors beyond the Company's control. This also includes such factors as are described from time to time in the SEC reports filed by Metromedia Fiber Network including the most recently filed Forms S-3, 10-K and 10-Q.