COURT RULING ON FCC INTERCONNECTION ORDER REINFORCES INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS' INTERCONNECTION STRATEGY.

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1996--The following comments regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit decision on Tuesday, October 15, on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) local telecommunications Interconnection Order may be attributed to David C. Ruberg, Intermedia Communications' chairman, president and chief executive officer.

"The partial stay granted by the court on certain aspects of the FCC's Interconnection Order will not affect Intermedia's ability to do business or cause us to change our plans for rapid expansion into the local telecommunications services market. The provisions contained in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 continue to provide the necessary framework for Intermedia to move forward as a provider of local services.

"Intermedia is less dependent on the FCC's Order than many of our competitors. We have stressed cooperation as well as competition in our relationships with Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and other incumbent local telephone companies (ILECs). Intermedia has aggressively negotiated and continues to negotiate binding interconnection agreements and network to network interfaces (NNIs) with ILECs and other carriers throughout the eastern United States.

"These relationships, along with our competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) certifications in numerous states, enable us to continue to offer and expand our integrated telecommunications solutions -- including local, long distance and enhanced data services -- to business and government end users in the local telecommunications marketplace. We are in a position to expand much more rapidly than companies that have recently entered the local telecommunications marketplace.

"In addition, our investment in local switching and frame relay equipment, and our strategically located fiber optic networks, afford us many advantages in our dealings with ILECs under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Our interconnection agreements with ILECs afford us more efficient pricing in providing cost-effective frame relay service to customers throughout their services areas.

"Many of our existing agreements with ILECs offer us terms that are actually more advantageous than those mandated under the FCC's Order. As a result, we can continue doing business as before, even while challenges to the FCC's Order are under consideration in the courts.

"Intermedia is the only competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) that has interconnection agreements with all three major local exchange carriers in Florida. Intermedia is currently providing competitive service pursuant to these agreements."

The Company also has a nine-state interconnection agreement with BellSouth governing most of the southeastern United States. Intermedia has initiated wide-ranging interconnection negotiations with Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Sprint/United, and GTE, and is pursuing other interconnection agreements as the company's business strategy dictates.

"Intermedia is currently certified as a CLEC in Florida, New York, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Maryland and is in the process of gaining local certification in the near term in Illinois in addition to other states across the country. We have also been aggressive in continuing to expand our fiber optic networks in our `home' markets in Florida of Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, and West Palm Beach; in Cincinnati, Ohio; in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; in Huntsville, Alabama; and have a network under development in St. Louis, Missouri. We have installed local exchange switching facilities in Tampa, Miami and Orlando, with one planned for Jacksonville in December, and plan to have such facilities installed in many additional cities by the year 2000."

Intermedia Communications is a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications solutions for business, government and the telecommunications industry. Intermedia is known for its ability to package customized, "no assembly required" solutions to meet each customer's specific requirements. The Company provides voice, data and video services; local and long-distance switched services; advanced access services in cities throughout the eastern United States; and enhanced data services, including Internet access, to business and government customer locations in over 900 cities nationwide and internationally--offering seamless end-to-end connectivity virtually anywhere in the world. Intermedia is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market under the symbol ICIX. Intermedia's address on the World Wide Web is www.icix.net

CONTACT: Intermedia Communications

Barbara Samson, 813/744-2402

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Stephen J. Kasser, 813/226-2772