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FiberSource® Overview

February 2006

This document is confidential and is intended solely for the use and information of the client to whom it is addressed.

2 This document is proprietary and is intended solely for the use and information of the client to whom it is addressed. CFN Services

CFN Services continues a 25-year history of providing carriers with telecom infrastructure services.

Where We’ve Been…

  Bringing Wal-Mart economics to wireless and wireline network operators

  Solving the TDM access dilemma   Driving platform economics around

metro access networks

  CFNS specializes in fiber-based transport networks and facilities   Leased transport off-net to on-net

network optimization   Custom fiber network design,

sourcing, and deployment services

  Wireline & wireless network backhaul   Design/Deployed fiber networks for

Sprint-Nextel, AT&T, MCI, Verizon, Level 3, Broadwing

…What We Do Today

  As CSX Corp, Co-founded Lightnet, 4th largest long haul network prior to sale in 1989

  Since 1983, helped over 50 carriers deploy almost 20,000 route miles of fiber along rail corridor ($10B in plant & equipment)

  CSX Corp launched CSX Fiber Networks in late 2001 to manage fiber lease business

  In the past several years, deployed custom-integrated dark fiber networks in metro markets for major carrier clients

  Built what is today FiberSource® as internal dark fiber planning and integration platform to price and deliver fiber networks

  CSX FN, LLC spun off in August ’05 – becomes CFN Services, Inc.

CFN Services Provides Telecom Infrastructure Services


Volume

Recurring TDM Access

Cost

2x 3x

New incremental access cost curve (CFNS optimized infrastructure platform)

Current linear access cost curve   Access Dilemma: Local access was a

$30B cost for carriers in 2005; 53% and 38% of MCI and ATT topline; 40-60% of wireless network operating costs.

  Carriers are facing rapidly increasing transport volumes due to data services bandwidth growth (e.g. Ethernet MAN) and 3G wireless services expansion

  Facilities based infrastructure provides significant bulk capacity with low incremental growth costs effectively “flattening” the access cost curve

  CFN’s platform approach enables carriers to enhance profitability as volumes grow without requiring new capex/opex

– Optimized Transport Network Platforms Flatten the Access Cost Curve – ILLUSTRATIVE

Bringing Wal*Mart economics to wireless and wireline network operators to solve the TDM local access transport network dilemma.

Facilities based platform deployment

Carriers facing local access transport volume growth achieve better economics with a facilities based platform approach.


FiberSource® is the industry’s best and most comprehensive telecom infrastructure knowledge and relationship base.

FiberSource® & FiberMAP®

Local access transport and backhaul network design, optimization, and implementation

Carrier and enterprise network design for dedicated or shared TDM, WDM and Ethernet networks

Local market footprint expansion via leased line and fiber served buildings and LEC collocations

15,000 on-net buildings

Over100 asset owners

1,000 collocation/ carrier hotel sites

20,000 Central Offices, FCC Market

boundaries, MSAs

FiberSource® 220,000 fiber route miles

550 metro networks

150,000 cellular sites

100,000 miles rail corridor 120 Markets

Web enabled portal for real time access

FiberSource®: Powers CFNS Fiber Network Design & Delivery Capabilities

5-90Ghz broadband wireless spectrum


Together FiberMAP® and FiberSource® enable CFN Services capabilities for off-net to on-net optimization displacing type II costs.

Perform Analysis and Mapping

Verizon •  Circuit Costs •  Forecasts •  New Service

Opportunities

CFNS Inventory

(fiber, facilities, and relationships)

Conduct Infrastructure Optimization

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Telecom & IT Network

Requirements

Transport Equipment

Specifications

Customer MAN & WAN Locations

Detailed network deployment planning and implementation support

Customer Network Deployment

Requirements

CFNS

FiberSource®

MCI AT&T

Optional Business Case & ROI Data

Gather Network Requirements

Implementation Planning

Map, Engineer Optimized Networks

FiberMAP® (Local Access Optimization Process)


•  Confirm objectives, scope, and required detail

•  Dark fiber/Lit Services •  Collocation •  Sites/addresses •  Transport/access

equipment and/or technologies

•  Diversity requirements •  Other design

standards

•  Route level overview and solution network maps

•  Preliminary hub/node sites plotted

•  Customer required sites plotted

•  High-level cost estimates including:

•  Fiber •  Network Integration •  Lateral and other

construction costs •  Collocation •  Engineering and

Permitting

•  Confirm asset availability, etc.

•  Revise/refine design and cost estimates based on availability, demarc, etc.

•  Finalize proposed route maps with construction required

•  Finalize cost estimate

•  Working with asset owners initiate site surveys to finalize costs on construction and other components

CFN Services provides fiber sourcing along a continuum from network planning support through turnkey network delivery and financing under a single IRU/Lease/SLA

FiberSource® Planning Service Keeps the Sales Cycle Moving Forward

Develop Route Level Design

Requirements Submission

Develop Site-level Designs and Costs

Confirm Asset Availability, Design

Estimate High-level Costs (+/- 25%)

FiberSource® improves the productivity of pre-sales support resources and accelerates sales cycles for fiber dependent products and services.

2 – 72 hours depending on complexity 1-4 weeks aligned with sales cycle


FiberSource® Sample Metro Fiber Data & Demo Screenshot


FiberSource® Off-net to On-net Optimization Demo Screenshots