American Access Technologies Widens Beachhead in School Internet Market.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1999--

Opening order from Bell Atlantic continues strong trend as States

comply with Federal mandate for Internet-ready classrooms

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer American Access Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap: AATK) announced today that it has received an opening order from Bell Atlantic Network Integration Group, a unit of Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE: BEL), for zone cabling equipment to be installed in Bucks County Tech School in Bucks County, PA. Graybar Electric Co., Inc. serves as distributor in the sale.

American Access CEO Richard A. Murray noted that the order represents yet another school district to turn to American Access for cost-effective compliance with E-RATE, the federal mandate to provide Internet access to public school classrooms.

"Old classrooms can be retrofitted in days, rather than months, and at one-tenth the six-figure cost of a conventional communications closet," said Murray. "We expect to be very busy over the summer break, preparing classrooms for the fall," he said.

School districts and other public facilities in Alabama, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and Texas have already begun upgrading their communications infrastructure using American Access zone cabling products. Dozens of other states are expected to follow suit.

About zone cabling

American Access' patent-protected, UL-approved Zone Cabling Termination Cabinet (ZCTC) products for ceiling grids, raised floors and Herman Miller modular furniture units apply the concept of "zone cabling" to replace conventional telecommunications wiring with a system that provides complete flexibility for voice and data cabling infrastructures. In addition to the benefits of greater convenience and ease-of-use, zone cabling is estimated to reduce the long term cost of installing and maintaining a telecom wiring system by as much as 70%.

About American Access

American Access Technologies, Inc., based in Altamonte Springs, FL, is a telecommunications technology company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative products designed to support the evolving structured cabling system components of the telecommunications industry. Its core technology, the Zone Cabling Termination Cabinet, is marketed nationwide in conjunction with leading telecommunications equipment manufacturers and distributors such as Graybar Electric Co., Inc., Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE), Kent Electronics (NYSE: KNT), Hughes Supply, Inc. (NYSE:HUG), State Electric, Coleman's and Platt DSV Resource Center.

Customers of American Access include public companies such as Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C), Fina, Inc. (NYSE:FIN); First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC); Gateway 2000 Inc. (NYSE:GTW); Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS); Herman Miller (NASDAQ:MLHR); Household International Inc. (NYSE:HI); Iomega Corp (NYSE:IOM); Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:LU); Mobil Corporation (NYSE:MOB); Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:LVLT), Qwest Communications International Inc. (NASDAQ:QWST) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW); as well as private corporations and government entities such as the State of Tennessee and school districts in Buffalo, NY, Bucks County, PA and Dallas, Irvine and Richardson, TX.

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