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Jeffrey Brodsky

Mr. Brodsky has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since September 2003 and has been Chairman of the Audit Committee since that date. He became non-executive Chairman of the Board in December 2005. He is currently leading Quest Turnaround Advisors, L.L.C. ("Quest") in its role as Plan Administrator of Adelphia Communications Corporation and is also Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTV, Inc. (formerly NTL Europe, Inc.). Mr. Brodsky co-founded Quest, a financial advisory and restructuring firm in Purchase, NY in 2000 and has been a Managing Director there since that time. Mr. Brodsky holds a Bachelor's degree from New York University College of Business and Public Administration, and a Master's degree from its Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Brodsky is currently a Director of PTV, Inc. and TVMAX, Inc.

Michael J. Embler

Mr. Embler has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2003 and is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Since 2005, Mr. Embler has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC ("FMA"), a firm he joined in 2001 as Vice President. Funds managed by FMA collectively are the Company's largest stockholder. From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Embler served in various management positions with Nomura Holding America, Inc., most recently as Managing Director. Mr. Embler has previously served as a Director of Grand Union Company and several other private companies. Mr. Embler holds a Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Master of Business Administration from George Washington University.

Bill LaPerch

Mr. LaPerch has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since March 2004. From 1999 to March 2004, Mr. LaPerch served in various executive positions relating to the Company's operations. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. LaPerch served as Vice President of Network Services for MCI where he managed that company's local, long distance, data and Internet networks. Previously, Mr. LaPerch held executive positions at NYNEX. Mr. LaPerch is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Mr. LaPerch also received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.

Richard Postma

Mr. Postma has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2003 and is a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Strategy Committee. Mr. Postma has been the Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US Signal Company, L.L.C., since the time he co-founded it in 2000. He also currently serves as Chairman of US Xchange Directories, L.L.C., R.T. London, Inc., P&V Capital Holdings, L.L.C., and RVP Development Corporation. Mr. Postma has also served as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US Xchange, L.L.C., and has previously served on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Choice One Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ). From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Postma served as General Counsel to Teledial America, Inc., Teledial America of North Carolina, Digital Signal, Inc., City Signal, Inc., and US Signal. Prior to this, Mr. Postma was a Partner in the Grand Rapids, Michigan law firm of Miller, Johnson, Snell and Cummiskey, P.L.C., where he spent 15 years. Mr. Postma is a graduate of Calvin College and the University of Michigan Law School.

Richard Shorten, Jr.

Mr. Shorten has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2003 and is a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and serves as the Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Strategy Committee. He is Managing Director of Silvermine Capital Resources, LLC, a firm that he founded in 2001 to originate, structure and manage private investment transactions for hedge funds. Mr. Shorten is also a member of the Board of Directors of Enterprise Informatics, Inc., Infinia Corporation and Movie Gallery, Inc. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Shorten was Executive Vice President and Director of Graphnet, Inc., where he had broad-based operating responsibilities for development, finance, marketing, legal affairs and human resources. From 1997 to 2000, he was with Destia Communications and its acquirer, Viatel Inc., where Mr. Shorten was appointed Senior Vice President, Data Services. Mr. Shorten received a Juris Doctorate degree, with honors, from Rutgers Law School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University.

Stuart Subotnick

Mr. Subotnick has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1997 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Strategy Committee. Since 1986, Mr. Subotnick has been a General Partner, Executive Vice President of Metromedia Company, a management and investment company. Mr. Subotnick started with Metromedia Inc., a predecessor of Metromedia Company, as a tax attorney in 1967, and spent two decades in various management roles, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1981 and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration in 1983. Since 1981, Mr. Subotnick has been responsible for negotiating all of the major Metromedia corporate transactions, including the sale of certain of Metromedia divisions. Mr. Subotnick is also the lead Director of Carnival Corporation and is a Director of both the Shubert Organization and Conair Corporation. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brooklyn Law School and a member of the Board of Baruch College (CUNY). Mr. Subotnick also serves as a Vice Chair of the New York Racing Association. Mr. Subotnick earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baruch College, a Master of Law degree from Brooklyn Law School and a Juris Doctorate degree from New York University.