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		 Subject: (BUS ) NAP of the Americas LLC Consortium Elects `Powerhouse


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NAP of the Americas LLC Consortium Elects `Powerhouse'
1/25/1 12:6 (New York)

 Management Committee to Represent its 85 Members

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2001--

      Management Team to Provide Support and Oversight to Tier-1
                Network Access Point in Downtown Miami

   Members of the NAP of the Americas LLC Consortium elected a
six-member Management Committee to support and oversee the operation
and future growth of the NAP (Network Access Point). The committee
will represent the interests of the 85 NAP consortium members and will
create task forces to continue carrier recruiting, provide
technological oversight and support hi-tech educational initiatives.
   "The newly elected Management Committee of the NAP of the Americas
LLC Consortium is representative of the different telecommunications
sectors supporting the NAP of the Americas project," said Benjamin
Finzi, Chairman and CEO of NAP of the Americas LLC Consortium and
Executive Vice President/COO of Orlando-based EPIK Communications
Incorporated (EPIK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast
Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FLA,FLA.b). "These individuals are industry
leaders who recognized the importance and impact of a Tier-1 NAP in
South Florida and the growth opportunities it brings to Latin America
and other regions. They all provided valuable input to the NAP
initiative during the past several months."
   Internationally respected telecommunications companies are
represented on the Management Committee. Companies include Global
Crossing, which controls fiber optic cable throughout North America
and Latin America; EPIK Communications, the largest telecommunications
company headquartered in Florida; FPL FiberNet, a subsidiary of the
FPL Group; NetRail, an international telecommunications "backbone"
company; and Enron Broadband Services, a leading provider of high
quality, high bandwidth delivery and application services.
   Members of the Management Committee are: CEO and Chairman Benjamin
Finzi; Jon Thomsen, Vice President, Business Development, Enron
Broadband Services; John M. Zima, Sales Director, Miami, Central &
Caribbean, Global Crossing; David Eckmann, Director of Business
Development, FPL FiberNet; Brandon Ross, Executive Vice President of
Engineering, NetRail; and Rom Mattesich, CEO of GlobalXchange
Communications. A seventh member will be elected in March 2001.
   "It is clear my fellow Management Committee members represent the
best talent in the telecommunications industry," said Finzi. "This
board will represent the NAP of the Americas LLC Consortium members
with visionary leadership as this project makes history as the first
privately developed tier one Internet data exchange."
   The Consortium provides a structure for the 85 domestic and
international telecommunications companies that support the NAP of the
Americas. The NAP of the Americas is owned and operated by Terremark
Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) a global leader in Internet infrastructure
and managed services. The NAP of the Americas, the fifth Tier-1
carrier-neutral in the world, is presently under construction in
downtown Miami at 50 NE 9th St. and is expected to be operational by
the second quarter of 2001. An interim NAP facility is currently in
operation to serve the demand of the industry.
   A NAP is a high-speed Internet data exchange and connection
facility that brings together Internet access providers, enables
interconnection between geographic regions and allows communication
between customers of various providers. The NAP of the Americas will
route Internet traffic between the United States, North and South
America, the Caribbean and Europe. The NAP will fuel the growth of
Florida's economy by generating high-paying jobs, attracting many new
companies and creating new technology infrastructure investments and
closes the digital divide between North and South America.

About the NAP of the Americas LLC Management Committee:
   Benjamin Finzi is Executive Vice President/COO at EPIK
Communications. At EPIK, Finzi has operational responsibility and is
the driver of the aggressive fiber swapping strategy that has extended
the company's reach to 10,000 fiber route miles beyond Florida. Prior
to joining EPIK Communications, Finzi spent six years as global
account manager at Monitor Company, a leading strategy consulting
firm. An expert in global telecommunications, Finzi headed Monitor's
Internet Strategy Group. Prior to his work at Monitor, Finzi worked at
the Boston Consulting Group and was vice president of sales at Almog,
an Israeli software company. A native of Italy, Finzi received his MBA
from Insead in France and his Bachelor's degree in economics and
information system analysis from Tel Aviv University.
   Jon Thomsen is Vice President, Business Development at Enron
Broadband Services. As Vice President of Latin America at Enron
Broadband Services, a subsidiary of Enron Corp. (NYSE:ENE), Jon
Thomsen is responsible for all EBS business activities in Latin
America. As one of the first employees of Enron Broadband Services,
Jon has played a critical role in the development of Enron's broadband
business by managing financial, corporate, and international business
developments in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining Enron, Jon
worked in the investment banking and private equity industries within
Latin America. Mr. Thomsen holds a bachelor's in business economics
from Willamette University and a master's of business administration
from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University.
   John M. Zima is Sales Director for Miami, Central & Caribbean at
Global Crossing, Miami. Zima has over 14 years of experience in the
Telecommunications industry including domestic and international
assignments. In July 2000, John joined Global Crossing as a Sales
Director with direct responsibility for Central America, Caribbean,
the NAP of the Americas, and Global Crossing's approximate 100,000
square feet of space to be located in the TECOTA facility in downtown
Miami. John also has responsibility for Global Crossing's AMPATH
network, which will eventually connect more than 250 universities
throughout Latin America and the United States to Internet 2. John
views Miami as strategically critical to the Latin American market.
Prior to joining Global Crossing, John was employed for four years as
a Branch Manager, Government and Education for BellSouth's Business
Division. His position encompassed a wide range of activities, which
include providing the strategic direction for the company's sales and
marketing initiatives for the government and education market in South
Florida. John Zima graduated from Spring Hill College in 1986,
obtaining two Bachelor of Science Degrees in four years in Computer
Science and Business Administration.
   David Eckmann is director of business development for FPL
FiberNet. FPL FiberNet is the fiber-optic subsidiary of FPL Group,
which is the parent company of Florida Power & Light Company. David
developed the business plan under which FPL Group began offering
fiber-optic services four years ago, and he has been involved with the
business ever since that time. He believes that the NAP of the
Americas will, "bring significant benefits not only to the members of
the NAP, but to the entire South Florida community as well." David has
been with FPL Group for the past 16 years, working in finance,
accounting, strategic planning, and telecommunications. He has a BS in
electrical engineering from Duke, an MS in electrical engineering from
the Polytechnic Institute of NY, and an MBA from the Wharton School.
   Brandon Ross is Executive Vice President of Engineering at
NetRail. Mr. Ross directs NetRail's overall network design and
implementation from backbone optical equipment to core switching and
routing. With the help of his team of engineers with backgrounds from
such well-known organizations as Hitachi and MindSpring, NetRail is
building the highest performance network in the industry. Mr. Ross
joined NetRail in March of 2000 from MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
where he served as Director of Network Engineering. While at
MindSpring, he was responsible for designing and engineering the
company's POP and nationwide backbone architecture. Since starting
with MindSpring in December of 1996, he built the MindSpring network
from a few POPs in the Southeast to a high performance nationwide dial
and broadband access network, as well as growing the Network
Engineering group from scratch to over 20 engineers. Mr. Ross holds a
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications from the University of
Florida, and is an active member of both the North American Network
Operators Group (NANOG) as well as the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF).
   Rom Mattesich is CEO of GlobalXchange Communications, a company
engaged in the international delivery of multimedia (broadband)
communications services. He holds a BSEE degree from the University of
Virginia; an MS from MIT; and an MBA degree from Rutgers University.
Mr. Mattesich held senior level positions as network designer and
planner with AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he became the principal
architect for the first, high capacity digital switch (4ESS). He also
led a number of task forces responsible for the transition of the US
toll network from analog to digital. Mr. Mattesich has consulted
extensively on matters of network design, operations, and strategies
with incumbent telecom operators for transitioning efficiently from
monopoly-based telephony to competitive-based, multimedia- capable
communications which predominate in the Internet. He has frequently
lectured on this subject in telecom and Internet trade conferences,
and published articles in related trade journals. He is also a
lecturer at the University of Miami, where he teaches international
communications to students enrolled in the MBA program.

About the NAP of the Americas Consortium:
   The NAP of the Americas Consortium includes 85 telecommunications
companies, including 360networks, AT&T, Broadwing, Cable & Wireless,
CyberGate, Enron Broadband Services, EPIK Communications, FPL
Fibernet, Global Crossing, Level (3), Metromedia Fiber Network,
Net2Phone, NetRail, NEXTLINK, SBC, Telecom Argentina, Telia and
Williams Communications. The consortium's purpose was to spearhead the
NAP initiative and support the development of a Tier-1 Network Access
Point (NAP) in South Florida. A NAP is a high-speed, Internet data
exchange and connection point that ties Internet access providers
together to facilitate Internet traffic between customers of various
providers and geographic regions. The NAP of the Americas will handle
Internet traffic between the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe into
the U.S. through its downtown Miami location. The initiative has been
facilitated by EPIK Communications, the wholly owned subsidiary of
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FLA). EPIK is a "carrier's
carrier" providing high capacity telecommunications circuits, dark
fiber and collocation services to competitive local exchange carriers,
wireless carriers, Internet Service Providers, long distance companies
and other carriers. For information on the NAP of the Americas
Consortium, contact Benjamin Finzi at (407) 482-8411.

About NAP of the Americas:
   The NAP of the Americas, a TerreNAP(sm) Data Center, is the fifth
Tier-1 Network Access Point (NAP) in the world. TerreNAP(sm) Data
Centers is a subsidiary of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. NAP of the
Americas is the first carrier neutral Tier-1 NAP and it is the first
one housed in a facility built specifically for a NAP. Located in
Miami, Florida, the NAP of the Americas will be a premier facility
providing interconnection between global carriers, ISPs and others as
well as connecting fiber networks in Latin America, Europe and Africa
to those in the U.S. Terremark Worldwide is the owner and operator of
the NAP of the Americas; Telcordia Technologies will engineer it with
its latest IP technology. For more information on NAP of the Americas
can be found on www.napoftheamericas.com.

   This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. These forward-looking statements represent the Companies'
present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The
Companies caution that such statements are necessarily based on
certain assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, changes in general economic condition,
and changing competition and technology which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those indicated herein. Further
information on these risk factors is included in the Companies'
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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