Press 14 Additional Releases Chapel Expands National Service Area to Include Entire U.S. Richmond KY- (April 2, 2000) Chapel Services Inc., today announced that it has completed negotiations to lease access rights to all of UUNet's 2000+ U.S. POPS or Points of Presence. UUNet is a division of MCI / Worldcom. "With this agreement
Chapel Services now has a local presence in over 2000 cities throughout
the U.S. What this means is
that 96% of the American citizens can now access Chapel's network with a
local phone call. " Said Kevin Boneta VP of Chapel Services. "Chapel will continue to pursue
strategic alliances to extend our offering and reach. We have been
aggressively expanding our customer base through acquisitions and new
marketing campaigns, we owe a great deal of our growth and success
to alliances we have made with companies such as UUNet. I can't tell you
how happy we are to be able to make this new expansion." Said Lee
Murphy, Chapel's Chairman and CEO UUNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of
MCI/ WorldCom. MCI WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM
) is a global leader in "all-distance" communications services
with operations in more than 65 countries. Revenues in 1999 were US$37
billion, with more than US$15 billion from high-growth data, Internet
and international services. For more information, contact Chapel Services at +1 (859) 623-1500, or visit www.chapel1.com
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