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Electric Lightwave Names Guenther E. Greiner to Board of Directors

        International Finance Executive Joins Electric Lightwave Board

    VANCOUVER, Wash., July 24 /PRNewswire/ --- Electric Lightwave Inc.
(Nasdaq: ELIX), an integrated communications provider, today announced the
election of Guenther Greiner as a member of the company's board of directors.
Greiner, currently president of International Corporate Consultancy, a global
finance consulting service, has more than 40 years of experience in financial
management and shareholder value creation.
    "Guenther brings an impressive background in finance and management
experience to the Electric Lightwave board," said Dave Sharkey, president and
chief operating officer of Electric Lightwave.  "His knowledge and insight are
outstanding assets to us as we continue to execute our business plan."
    Prior to founding the International Corporate Consultancy, Greiner held
many financial management and executive positions at Citibank, a principle
operating subsidiary of Citicorp, a global financial service organization.
During his tenure at Citibank, Greiner was the president of Citibank Germany
and senior vice president of Citibank.  In addition, Greiner has held
executive positions at Global Relationship Bank, World Corporation Group and
Corporate Bank-Europe.  Greiner received his education at Commercial Business
School and Deutsche Bank as well as Harvard's Advanced Management Program.  He
also serves as a member of the board of directors of Ermenegildo Zegna,
IFIL-Finanziaria di Participazion, New York Philharmonic, German American
Chamber of Commerce, and American Institute for Contemporary German
Studies/The Johns Hopkins University.

    About Electric Lightwave
    Based in Vancouver, Wash., Electric Lightwave Inc. is a full-service
integrated communications provider offering local and long distance telephone
service, videoconferencing, prepaid services, broadband transport, data and
Internet access services to business customers throughout the western
United States.  Electric Lightwave's highly-rated Internet backbone recently
ranked third in the nation for "Best Internet Value" by Boardwatch Magazine.
Visit Electric Lightwave on the World Wide Web at http://www.eli.net.
    NOTE:  All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners, with no intent to infringe.


SOURCE Electric Lightwave Inc.




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    KMC Group, for Electric Lightwave Inc.