Digital Teleport Moves Headquarters to Larger Offices in Suburban St. Louis.

Business Editors

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002

Digital Teleport Inc., a regional fiber optic communications provider for secondary and tertiary markets in the Midwest, is moving its headquarters to a larger office space in suburban St. Louis.

Effective July

"This move is another positive step in the company's reorganization process," said Paul Pierron, president and CEO of Digital Teleport. The company filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on Dec. 31, 2001 and it expects to successfully emerge before the end of the year.

The new headquarters location provides Digital Teleport about 30 percent more office space than its current location. It also provides the company a more flexible physical work environment as well as space for planned growth. About 50 employees will move to the new offices.

Digital Teleport has been based in St. Louis since the company was formed in June 1989.

About Digital Teleport

Digital Teleport provides wholesale fiber optic transport services in secondary and tertiary Midwest markets to national and regional communications carriers. The company's network spans 5,700 route miles across Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Digital Teleport also provides optical Ethernet communications services to enterprise customers and government agencies in premier office buildings. The company's Web site is www.digitalteleport.com. Telephone: 1-314-880-1000.