Broadband Investment Group (BIG) Signs Agreement to Purchase State-Of-The-Art 182,492 Sq. Ft. WorldCom Building.

Business Editors

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000

Corporate Headquarters To Be World's Best Broadband-focused Incubator

Today, Broadband Investment Group Corporation(TM) (BIG), the first true networked services platform (NSP)(TM), officially contracted to purchase the 182,492 square foot WorldCom building, located in St. Louis County, announced Timothy M. Roberts, Chairman of the Board, Chief Visionary Officer, and Director of Broadband Investment Group Corporation.

"With the purchase of our new building, which will initially serve as BIG's global corporate headquarters, BIG has created the best broadband-focused incubator in the world," Roberts explained. "BIG is purchasing this new, state-of-the-art facility to foster a synergistic environment for broadband-focused entrepreneurs to develop the next generation public network through broadband infrastructure, application and content companies."

Currently owned by WorldCom, BIG's new corporate headquarters will be home to BIG and it's portfolio of companies - which is currently comprised of 10 infrastructure-focused businesses. While BIG's immediate focus is on broadband infrastructure development, the company is actively recruiting entrepreneurs focused on application and content who can maximize the speed and bandwidth of BIG's infrastructure.

"WorldCom is excited by BIG's intent to purchase our facility, as it is truly a world-class building containing the latest design, internal infrastructure and hardware that a broadband-focused company like BIG can maximize for it's portfolio companies," said Brooks Warren, Vice President of Facilities for WorldCom.

Located in St. Louis County at the intersection of Interstate-64/Highway-40 and Highway-141 at One Brooks Center Drive, Town and Country, Missouri, 63107, BIG's new corporate headquarters was designed to be a visual landmark among other office buildings in the immediate area. The exterior utilizes unique visual cues that create a high-tech visage reminiscent of America's art deco era, which was recognized with the 1998 St. Louis Honor Award as the Best New Building in St. Louis. In addition to its stunning facade, the building contains an advanced telecommunications infrastructure that includes fiber optic cable for wide-area and local-area networking, superior back-up electrical capability and an open floor plan - perfect for synergistic business development.

The $37,350,000 asking price includes 23.4 acres of property, the building, networking equipment and associated infrastructure, and internal furnishings - a turnkey facility ready for BIG to occupy.

Broadband Investment Group Corporation(TM) (BIG), founded by 29-year-old Internet pioneer Tim Roberts and 31-year-old management mastermind Patrick L. Smith and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is building a family of wholly controlled companies that will deliver the first customizable, scalable platform for businesses entering the eMarketplace. To efficiently provide a wide variety of solutions, BIG is building a networked services platform (NSP)(TM) through a holding-company corporate structure that actively manages a portfolio of broadband infrastructure companies. In creating its NSP(TM), BIG(TM) is building the optimal business model for delivery of customized, scaled solutions. As an NSP(TM), BIG(TM) is a

    -- Solution Assembler - Portfolio coordinator creating customized
       solutions

    -- eMerchant Bank(TM) - Portfolio funding source

    -- Business Incubator - Portfolio business services provider

Through its broadband solution assembler (SA), BIG will meet the enormous demand of these businesses by assembling customized, fully scalable solutions delivering the highest quality of service (QoS) through service level agreements (SLA). BIG's solutions can be scaled to meet demand for projects starting at $25,000 per month or as large as $30 million per month...or greater.

Please visit BIG's Web site at www.bigcorp.net for additional information.

Note to editors: Photos of BIG's new headquarters are available in high-quality downloadable electronic form at www.bigcorp.net/pressroom/news.htm