ATX Continues to Strengthen Customer Operations, Adding Telecom Veteran Michael Spurlin as Senior Director of Operations.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002

ATX Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:COMM), a leading integrated communications provider, has named Michael Spurlin, a 19-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, to the position of Senior Director of Operations.

Spurlin, a 39-year-old resident of Jamison, Pennsylvania, will initially be focusing on service delivery within ATX's Customer Operations organization, helping the Company continue to enhance its reputation with already industry-leading metrics in customer service, customer satisfaction, and customer retention.

"We are very pleased to welcome someone of Michael's caliber to our senior management team, which already boasts some of the most successful and respected leaders in the industry," comments Jeff Coursen, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ATX's Commercial Division. "His vast experience in telecom, as well as his previous accomplishments in building and supporting sizeable customer bases, will be a valuable asset for our company as we continue to grow profitable revenues."

Spurlin previously served as President at Atlas Communications, where he was responsible for growth initiatives, planning, and long-term strategic direction for the private wholesaler of domestic and international telecommunications services. He was also Atlas' Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer for three years, leading the company's corporate development efforts and directing its MIS, Provisioning, Network Engineering, Finance, and Customer Care departments. Prior to joining Atlas, Spurlin spent 14 years at Cable & Wireless, where he held several positions including Director of the company's East Coast Technical Operations, with responsibilities for all central office and network infrastructure serving all Business Unit products in 23 U.S. states.

Spurlin graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1983. He holds an AD in Telecommunications Engineering Technology.

About ATX

Founded in 1985, ATX is a facilities-based integrated communications provider offering local exchange carrier and inter-exchange carrier telephone, Internet, e-business, high-speed data, and wireless services to business and residential customers in targeted markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. ATX currently serves approximately 400,000 business and residential customers. For more information on ATX, please visit www.atx.com.

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In addition to the historical information presented, this release also includes certain forward-looking statements concerning the future development of the business. Such statements represent the Company's reasonable judgment on the future and are based on assumptions and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in factors affecting such statements.