Stuart A. Mencher and Heidi B. Heiden, Communications Industry Trailblazers, Join Broadview Networks Board of Directors.

Business/High-Tech Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2000

Broadview Networks, a leading-edge, facilities-based integrated communications provider (ICP) in the Northeast, today announced the election of Stuart A. Mencher and Heidi B. Heiden, driving forces in the competitive communications industry, to its board of directors.

&uot;We are deeply honored that Stu and Heidi - two richly talented leaders who have helped define different segments of our industry - have agreed to serve on our board,&uot; said Vern M. Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of Broadview Networks. &uot;Stu has used his strategic acumen to reshape the way companies market data and voice services, while guiding TCG's growth into a billion-dollar powerhouse. Heidi has applied his technological insight to create advanced data networks and applications, and to keep UUNET at the cutting edge of Internet communications. Broadview Networks is very fortunate to have the counsel of both of these new board members.&uot;

Mencher, 60, of New York City, a 35-year telecommunications and data services veteran, recently retired as vice president of strategic planning for AT& Business Services. He previously served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for TCG, where he contributed to the company's growth in six years from a $50-million competitive local exchange carrier to the $1-billion national ICP that became AT&'s local service arm in 1998.

Before joining TCG, Mencher was senior vice president and general manager for Motorola/Codex Corporation. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for MCI. Previously, Mencher was a marketing vice president for AT&'s computer and communications equipment subsidiary. His background also includes a 16-year career in sales and marketing management with IBM.

Mencher is a director of The Center for Children and Families in New York City and chairman of the Marketing Advisory Council of the YMCA of Greater New York. In addition, he has served as a member of the New York City Mayor's Telecommunications Mutual Aid and Restoration Committee and the Advisory Board for New York City Technical College. He holds an M.B.A. in marketing from New York University and a bachelor's degree in management engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University.

Heiden, 61, of Fairfax Station, Va., whose industry career spans 37 years, is the recently retired senior vice president of operations and technology for UUNET, the first commercial Internet service provider (ISP) and now an MCI WorldCom subsidiary. Responsible for network construction and operations, customer support, and information systems, he was instrumental in establishing UUNET as one of the world's largest ISPs.

Prior to joining UUNET in 1995, Heiden was senior operating officer for Salomon Brothers, in charge of functions ranging from advanced technology to networking, global telecommunications, video services, information security and messaging systems. Earlier, he was senior vice president of The Wollongong Group, heading software engineering, product development and support, and East Coast sales. Before that, he helped develop Trusted Information Systems into a computer and network security leader.

A West Point Military Academy graduate, Heiden directed several major technology projects for the U.S. Army before entering the private sector. Most significantly, he created and ran the Defense Data Network (DDN), the largest data system of its time, which linked multiple worldwide computer networks and formed the foundation for the Internet. Heiden is a former member and chairman of the Technology Committee of the Securities Industry Association (SIA).

Broadview Networks, a leading-edge, facilities-based integrated communications provider in the Northeast, is committed to offering wide-ranging communications solutions and personal service that exceed the expectations of small and medium-sized businesses and residential customers.

The New York-based company is rapidly expanding and deploying an integrated voice and data network that supports such next-generation solutions as high-speed Internet service via xDSL (digital subscriber line) technology, along with diverse other communications services. Combining superior technology with a customer focus, Broadview Networks uses its proprietary operational support system to deliver exceptional one-source customer service and account management. The company also provides a single, easy-to-understand bill and donates a portion of its revenues to customer-selected community charities. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.broadviewnet.com.

(c) 2000 Broadview Networks, Inc.