The Weather Channel Extends Data Center Services Agreement With WorldCom

WorldCom Data Center Services Enhance Business Continuity, Availability and Redundancy for weather.com

CLINTON, Miss and ATLANTA, April 2, 2003 - WorldCom (WCOEQ) and The Weather Channel® today announced an expanded multi-million dollar hosting relationship. Under terms of the agreement, WorldCom will provide The Weather Channel with Internet colocation services for weather.com, the most popular source of online weather information and the Web site of The Weather Channel. Through its Data Center Services, WorldCom will deliver the underlying communications infrastructure to ensure weather.com is continuously available to provide weather information for 80,000 locations worldwide and relevant content to help more than 14 million unique users per month plan for everyday life.

weather.com's hosted solution enables The Weather Channel to provide visitors with continuously updated weather information, including current conditions, 10-day forecasts and radar maps.weather.com also provides personalized content and information for a wide range of activities and interests including travel, health, recreation and more. Additionally, The Weather Channel relies on WorldCom's enterprise voice services, frame relay, dedicated Internet access and conferencing services to ensure its business runs smoothly.

"As the most comprehensive source of weather information on the Web, TWC recognizes the value of a reliable and secure outsourcing solution," said Dan Agronow, vice president of technology for weather.com. "WorldCom's secure state-of-the-art data centers, unsurpassed IP network performance, 24x7 onsite technical support and value-added services set WorldCom apart from other providers. By outsourcing our infrastructure to WorldCom, we can direct more resources toward serving our customers and delivering the innovative products and services that underscore our leadership."

WorldCom will continue to securely house weather.com's servers in its advanced data centers, where they will be directly connected to the world's most expansive global IP network with on-demand scalable bandwidth. And, WorldCom guarantees that weather.com will be up and running around-the-clock. As a result, The Weather Channel can focus on its core business while enhancing its business continuity, streamlining communications management and increasing its return on investment.

"The Weather Channel highlights what WorldCom does best - enabling business to be more successful," said Cindy Andreotti, president of Business Markets at WorldCom. "WorldCom's unrivaled global Internet network, expertise, and breadth and depth of solutions continue to give us the competitive edge in attracting and serving leading corporations around the world."

WorldCom offers Web hosting solutions to meet every customer's need, from Data Center Services to shared, dedicated and custom managed hosting services. WorldCom's suite of global hosting offerings run over the company's facilities-based global IP and data networks and through its state-of-the-art centers located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific. Web hosting services are part of the full continuum of advanced global communications solutions WorldCom provides to business and government.

About weather.com
weather.com, the Web site of The Weather Channel® (TWC), is the world's leading source of weather on the Web. weather.com delivers the most comprehensive weather information found on the Internet. The site helps users plan for everyday life by delivering current conditions and forecasts for 80,000 locations worldwide and providing relevant lifestyle content. Averaging 450 million page views and 18 million unique users per month, weather.com reaches an extended network of users through multiple geographies, platforms and strategic partnerships. Consistently, weather.com is ranked the most popular source of online weather information and ranks among the Top 15 of all Web domains according to Nielsen//NetRatings and Comscore. weather.com is also the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products via high-speed Internet services, cell phones, pagers, Palm Pilots, and other personal digital assistants. Partnerships include America Online, Yahoo!, Excite Networks, MSNBC.com, USAToday.com, AT&T WorldNet, ABCNews.com, Digital City, Road Runner, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, AvantGo and Palm Computing. The Weather Channel continues to expand its international reach online with the launch of language-specific sites for the United Kingdom (weather.co.uk), Germany (wetter123.com), France (meteo123.com), Latin America (weather.com/espanol) and Brazil (canaldotempo.com).

About WorldCom, Inc.
WorldCom, Inc. (WCOEQ, MCWEQ) is a leading global communications provider, delivering advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With one of the world's most expansive, wholly-owned data networks, WorldCom provides innovative data and Internet services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. With products such as The Neighborhood built by MCI and the award-winning WorldCom Connection - the industry's first comprehensive managed voice and data network service - WorldCom continues to lead the industry in converged communications solutions for the 21st century. For more information, go to http://www.worldcom.com.