D&E Jazzd Internet Services Adds Spam and Virus Protection.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

EPHRATA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003

Imagine seeing the number of unsolicited junk e-mails that clog your in-box drop from as many as 250 per day to almost none. For D&E Jazzd Internet Services subscribers, that wish has just been granted.

D&E Jazzd has added Brightmail(R) Anti-Spam(TM) software to its e-mail system. This software filters out the vast majority of spam - before it ever reaches subscribers' e-mail in-boxes. In addition, the service will provide Brightmail Anti-Virus technology, powered by Symantec(TM). These services are now provided for no additional charge to subscribers of D&E Jazzd, an Internet service provider for residential and business customers in markets throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania.

"The addition of spam filtering has dramatically reduced the amount of unwanted e-mail our subscribers receive, addressing a source of growing frustration for Internet users," said Mary Goss, Internet Services Business Unit Manager for D&E. "In addition, virus screening will help protect our subscribers' computers and our own network from computer viruses and worms that spread via e-mail."

With Brightmail Anti-Spam(TM), subscribers can elect to have incoming spam automatically deleted, or have it transferred to a special folder where they can review it later if they want. Brightmail's technology provides anti-spam protection for more than 300 million e-mail users. PC Magazine recently awarded Brightmail an Editors' Choice Award for Best Enterprise Class Anti-Spam Software. For more information, visit www.brightmail.com.

D&E Jazzd is a trademark of D&E Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:DECC), which provides telecommunication services to more than 175,000 lines in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1911 and based in Lancaster County, D&E is the nation's 19th-largest independent telephone company and also offers long distance, Internet and voice and data network systems integration services. The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania named D&E as its 2002 Technology Company of the Year, and the Central Penn Business Journal recently ranked it as the region's second-fastest-growing company. For more information, visit www.decommunications.com.

Note to Editors: We have received good feedback from subscribers about the impact this service has made on their e-mail. Some have seen spam messages drop from 80, 150 or even 250 a day to almost none. If you would like to interview any consumers or business proprietors, you can get names and contact numbers from Steve Trapnell, 717-738-8788.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of D&E's management concerning the development of our business, are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These include factors that we have indicated could adversely affect our business and financial performance contained in our past and future filings and reports, including those filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. D&E undertakes no obligation to revise or update its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Brightmail(R) is a U.S. registered trademark. Symantec is a U.S. registered trademark of Symantec Corporation. Powered by Symantec is a trademark of Symantec Corporation.