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FiberLight, LLC Buys Assets of Xspedius Fiber Group and Restructures Debt


Atlanta, GA -- 6/7/2005

FiberLight, LLC, a new entity created by the management team of Xspedius Fiber Group, announces today that they have acquired substantially all assets of Xspedius Fiber Group. These assets include extensive fiber and conduit in and around the metro areas of Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX; South Florida, Tampa, FL; and Washington D.C. With almost 300,000 inventory fiber miles, FiberLight, LLC will continue to be one of the nation's only carrier neutral infrastructure providers.

"We are all very excited about the change," states Michael P. Miller, President and CEO of FiberLight, LLC. "As a result of this transaction we are now strategically positioned to focus on our core products in addition to expanding our footprint and product portfolio. This was the final step in a series of transactions that allow us to operate as a viable entity operating with substantially less debt."

FiberLight, LLC will continue to be affiliated with Thermo Telecom Partners of Thermo Capital Partners (TCP), headquartered in Denver and New Orleans. TCP provides capital to proven management groups who require strategic capital for organic growth, acquisitions or changes in ownership.

"Thermo's continued confidence in our management team and the value of our company is a reassuring factor to our customers and vendors alike," states Kevin Coyne, CFO of FiberLight, LLC. "We have recapitalized the business while eliminating the majority of our debt which has enabled us to continue to bring unique solutions to our customers and address their growing fiber and capacity needs."

FiberLight, LLC will maintain its Atlanta, GA headquarters locations as well as offices in Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Florida.

About FiberLight, LLC
FiberLight, LLC (formerly Xspedius Fiber Group) is an Atlanta-based company with twelve years experience in creating networks for some of the most demanding customers in the Telecommunications industry. Since its inception in 1993 as American Communications Services Inc. (ACSI), they have installed over 400,000 duct and fiber miles with over 5,300 access points, as well as hundreds of laterals off their backbone. As a leading provider of network infrastructure solutions and strategic network design services, FiberLight designs, constructs and maintains an extensive Fiber Optic Infrastructure for a diverse customer base including local and long distance telecommunications carriers, Internet Service Providers, municipalities, utilities, Fortune 500 companies, school systems, local, city, and Federal Government entities.

About Thermo
Thermo Capital Partners LLC is part of the Thermo Companies, based in New Orleans, LA, and Denver, CO, a highly successful group of privately-held companies focused on opportunities in the telecommunications, power generation, natural resources and real estate industries. For more information, visit the Thermo website at www.thermocompanies.com.

Contact

Mark Taylor
Media Relations
(678) 347-9277
mark.taylor@fiberlight.com