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American Cable Strikes a 'Triple Play' in Florida Using VoX's Wholesale Voice over IP Services; Coastal Resort...

CELEBRATION, Fla. -- VoX Communications Corp., eLEC Communications Corp.'s (OTCBB:ELEC) wholesale and retail provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services nationwide, today announced that American Cable Services, an independent cable operator located in Ocala, Fla., is deploying VoX services as the broadband phone component of a new "triple play" offer, which also includes cable TV and high speed Internet. The offering is first being deployed in Little Harbor, a coastal resort community of 2,300 residences in Ruskin, Fla.

Over the next several years, American Cable is contracted to provide the bundled service to approximately 150,000 multi-family residence units in Florida, many of which will have 'mandatory phone' under their Home Owners Association covenants. The integrated offering becomes an amenity that is paid for as part of the resident's monthly dues.

"We are very pleased to join forces with American Cable to deliver broadband phone service for community development projects like Little Harbor," said Mark Richards, VoX's president and CIO. "We've made a strategic decision to become the preferred broadband phone solution for cable operators nationwide. There are more than 1,100 independent cable operators like American Cable and many of them are weighing plans for phone services. This contract represents a large and meaningful market opportunity for VoX."

"VoX has helped us quickly meet demand for a bundled solution. The addition of broadband phone service to our offering has improved our ability to retain valuable customers and pursue additional opportunities that are generating new revenue," said Jim George, president of American Cable. "The ability to deploy a project like those being deployed in Florida would have been next to impossible a few years ago. Companies like American Cable and VoX are changing that."

Two eLEC board members, Gayle Greer and Michael Khalilian, have extensive experience in the cable industry. Vermont-based Stowe Cable also recently launched private-label phone service powered by VoX Communications.

About American Cable Services

Founded in 2003, American Cable Services is a privately held company with corporate offices in Ocala, Fla. American Cable Services specializes in the supply and installation of whole house infrastructure wiring and related products. The company offers phone, Internet, computer networking, intercoms, security, cable TV, and more. For more information, visit http://www.americable.us.

About VoX Communications

Based in Celebration, Fla., VoX Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp. Using its advanced, nationwide VoIP network, VoX offers wholesale broadband voice, origination and termination services for cable, wireless and wireline operators, and enhanced VoIP telephone

service to the small business and residential marketplace. VoX's VoIP service is a feature-rich, low-cost and high-quality alternative to traditional landline phone service. For more information, visit http://www.voxcorp.net

About eLEC Communications

eLEC Communications Corp., headquartered in White Plains, NY, is a publicly traded communications services company that is taking advantage of the convergence of the technological and regulatory developments in the Internet and telecommunications markets. eLEC provides an integrated suite of communications services to business and residential customers, including local, long distance, dedicated access, and VoIP. For more information, visit http://www.elec.net.

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. eLEC's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among others, certain risks and uncertainties over which the company may have no control. For further discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the discussions contained in eLEC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2005 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending February 28, 2006 and any subsequent SEC filings.

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