MediaOne Nears Wiring of 150th School for High-speed Internet Access; Regional Events Mark Start of Year Two In Industry's "High Speed Education Connection".

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--MediaOne, the Broadband services arm of U S WEST Media Group (NYSE:UMG), is marking the start of the second year of the cable television industry's High Speed Education Connection with several regional events and an endorsement of the industry's continuing efforts to bring high-speed Internet access to the nation's schools.

The High Speed Education Connection, introduced in July 1996, is a commitment to provide consenting elementary and secondary schools across the country with high-speed Internet access using cable modems -- free of charge -- as companies introduce high-speed Internet access services in their service areas.

Since the launch of the industry's High Speed Education Connection, MediaOne has connected to the Internet nearly 150 schools nationwide, with another 150 schools to be offered the service before the end of 1997. MediaOne Express, the company's high-speed residential Broadband Internet access service, is now available in parts of the Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and south Florida markets in communities served by MediaOne. The service will be extended to parts of Los Angeles later this autumn.

The successful integration of MediaOne's cable modem service at two Jacksonville, Fla., high schools was highlighted today by the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) in a news conference from Washington, D.C., carried nationwide on The Learning Channel. Sandlewood and Mandarin high schools in Jacksonville were two of the first schools to make use of MediaOne's high-speed Internet access service. Sandlewood High science teacher Jacqueline Simms says the abundance and speed of information available through the new technology "forces students to focus on what is really important and not just copy and write everything down."

Meanwhile, MediaOne marked milestones in several regions, coinciding with NCTA's national launch of "year two."

-- A news conference to mark and celebrate connection of the 100th school in Jacksonville, Fla., was held at the Biltmore Elementary School.

-- A demonstration of high-speed Internet access followed viewing of the NCTA announcement at Northville High School in Northville, Mich. A grant of $5,000 was presented to the Northville Schools for the purchase of a router to enable use of IP addresses for their system. In addition, the company announced a developing partnership with the University of Michigan to originate and provide Internet training and curriculum development for schools in the Midwest region.

-- MediaOne's Northeast region marked the one-year anniversary of MediaOne Express with an event yesterday at Boston's Museum of Science. In addition, the staffs of the community relations, engineering and high-speed data departments jointly viewed today's NCTA event.

-- MediaOne News, a local community news channel in Atlanta, carried the NCTA news conference and followed with a half-hour broadcast discussion of the workings of MediaOne Express in the Atlanta area. The program featured Tom Buttermore, executive director of high-speed data for MediaOne's Atlanta Region, and Barbara Warren, product manager for MediaOne Express in Atlanta.

-- "The cable industry's commitment to bringing to schools Broadband services, including high-speed Internet access, provides a solution to one piece of the educational technology puzzle," said Nancy Larkin, vice president of community relations for MediaOne. "MediaOne Express connects teachers and students to the broadest range of electronic resources and does so at a speed, and with a convenience, that makes it easy to use in the classroom."

MediaOne, a unit of U S WEST Media Group (NYSE:UMG), is the nation's leading Broadband services company, providing more than 5 million subscribers in 19 states with entertainment, information, and communications services. U S WEST Media Group is involved in domestic and international cable and telephony, wireless communications, and directory and information services. For 1996, Media Group reported proportionate pro forma revenues of $8.1 billion. Media Group is one of two major groups that make up U S WEST, a company in the connections business, helping customers share information, entertainment and communications services in local markets nationwide. U S WEST's other major group, U S WEST Communications, provides telecommunications services in 14 states.

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