ixc Communications Inc. (Austin, TX) and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (New York City) will swap

May 1, 1998

ixc Communications Inc. (Austin, TX) and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (New York City) will swap fiber. As a result, ixc will now link New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, to its nationwide fiber network and complete two additional fiber rings. Metromedia Fiber Network will connect Chicago and New York via Detroit, Cleveland, and Albany. Meanwhile, Metromedia Fiber Network has reached an agreement for rights-of-way for fiber-optic infrastructure in downtown Chicago and the surrounding metropolitan area.

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