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AP of the Americas LLC Consortium Elects
                                            `Powerhouse' Management Committee 
to
                                            Represent its 85 Members 
                                            01/25  09:22 

                                            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,NYSE: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. 

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                                            section 21E of the Securities and 
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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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 
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