CoreComm Wins Another Round Against Ameritech Ohio.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2002

PUCO Finds Ameritech's Service Problems Warrant Restriction on

Ameritech "Winback" Marketing Efforts Aimed at CoreComm and Other

Competitors

CoreComm, a subsidiary of ATX Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:COMM), applauded yesterday's decision by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) granting CoreComm's complaint alleging that Ameritech Ohio has illegally provided inadequate, unjust, and unreasonable wholesale service while also engaging in an aggressive "winback" marketing program directed at newly acquired customers of CoreComm, thereby giving Ameritech an unreasonable and undue competitive advantage to the detriment of competition in Ohio.

After considering the extensive evidence presented by CoreComm and other parties, the PUCO concurred with CoreComm's allegations that Ameritech's service to CoreComm and other competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) is inadequate.

Citing concerns that these service problems "directly affect the CLECs' ability to effectively compete with Ameritech" and that "Ameritech will derive an unfair competitive advantage" until these service inadequacies are resolved, the PUCO ordered Ameritech to refrain from engaging in "winback" marketing efforts aimed at new customers of CoreComm and other CLECs for a period of 30 days following the successful transfer of the customer to the competitive carrier.

"Consumers and businesses in Ohio are being deprived of true choice by Ameritech's anti-competitive tactics and failure to abide by the law in delivering wholesale services," said Bruce Bennett, CoreComm's Vice President - External Affairs. "It's simply unfathomable that Ameritech has been unable to develop adequate wholesale systems and ordering procedures in the six years that have passed since the Telecommunications Act was adopted by Congress. We're hopeful that the PUCO's action will force Ameritech to improve the quality of its services, but we're not overly optimistic, given Ameritech's abysmal track record."

The prohibition on Ameritech's "winback" marketing will remain in place until Ameritech demonstrates to the PUCO that its wholesale service inadequacies have been fully resolved. The PUCO had previously imposed the same restriction in a temporary order dated April 11, 2002, which Ameritech tried unsuccessfully to get overturned by the Ohio Supreme Court in an appeal that was denied.

Christopher Holt, Chief Counsel for Law and External Affairs at ATX and CoreComm, believes that the PUCO's decision will bolster CoreComm's antitrust case against Ameritech Ohio and its Texas-based parent company, SBC Communications, Inc., currently pending before Judge Donald C. Nugent in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Eastern Division).

"This is only the tip of the iceberg," stated Holt. "Every decision that we obtain from a regulatory authority finding that Ameritech has violated the law puts us one step closer to getting the justice that we expect from a jury in our antitrust action. We will continue to fight SBC/Ameritech on every front until we are appropriately compensated for the blatant anti-competitive conduct that we've been forced to endure while trying to bring the benefits of competition to consumers in Ohio."

About ATX Communications, Inc.

Tracing its roots back to 1985, ATX Communications, Inc. is a holding company which, through CoreComm and its other operating subsidiaries, provides integrated, facilities-based local and long distance 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.

Crain's New York Business recently named ATX among the region's fastest growing companies. ATX currently serves approximately 350,000 business and residential customers. For more information on ATX, please visit www.atx.com.

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