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Bridging the bandwidth gap
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Great Western Communications
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Introduction

• Great Western Communications, LLC has purchased
  a point-to-point microwave network that stretches
  from the Great Plains through the Rocky Mountains
  to Seattle. It also acquired the Rights to Use
  a route runs from Houston to near Chicago and
  Chicago to Amarillo. The combined routes
  traverse nearly 200 sites.
• The owned assets have evolved under several
  ownerships since the core group was founded by
  Western Tele Communications Inc. in the 1970s.
  Both recent owners have each been through
  Chapter 11 and the latest owner, XC Networks, Ltd
  acquired these assets that are non-core to their
  operations which GWC has acquired for a value
  significantly under their current replacement
  cost and much less than the liquidation and
  resale value of the tangible assets.
• GWC provides service to over 40 telecommunication
  s industry customers ranging from local ISPs to
  the largest telecom companies in the industry
  (Verizon, Alltel, Nextel, Global Crossing).
• GWC outsources several operations functions to
  affiliates of its owners (NOC services,
  administration, sales, and management) and
  streamlines operations through the extensive
  experience of its management team.
• The company is owned by telecommunications
  affiliates of its three shareholders who
  collectively own local and regional telecom
  assets well in excess of 150MM in value
  consisting of telephone exchanges, cellular
  telephone, and multi-state fiber optic
  transmission routes, cable television systems,
  and other assets.

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Strategic Assets

• Transport Assets Great Western owns steel
  towers, associated antennas, radios, and
  buildings at 64 sites and leases tower space on
  another 28 towers it doesnt own.
• Use Services Agreement The company also has
  use a Right to Use at approximately 100 sites on
  a route between Illinois and Texas along a
  underground pipeline route owned by Kinder
  Morgan.
• Government licenses Owns FCC licenses for the
  above 192 sites and has FAA filings in place for
  each tower it owns.
• Metro Fiber Owns IRUs on multiple strands of
  metro fiber in Portland, Salt Lake City and
  Denver.
• Colo space In carrier hotels in Denver,
  Seattle, and Portland.
• Support Assets Ownership of multiple vehicles,
  tools, snow cats, and spare parts adequate to the
  business.
• POP Assets Owns add / drop electronics at more
  than 40 sites.

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Customers
Great Western provides wholesale
telecommunications transport services in the
greater Western sections of the United States to
over 40 telecommunications carriers such as cable
TV companies, cellular, WiMax, WiFi, ISPs and
the like.

• 2008 Revenue Categories
• Microwave transport 80
• Collocation services 8
• Bandwidth 7
• Power Other 5

• 2008 Customer Profiles
• 15 provide 60 of revenue
• 10 provide 10 of revenue
• 75 provide 30 of revenue

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GWC Towers
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Ownership and Management

• PinPoint Holdings, Inc Three affiliates of
  PinPoint collectivity own 45 of Great Western.
  PinPoint is a Nebraska based company with
  interests in a local telephone exchange, regional
  fiber optic transitions routes, cellular
  telephone, data centers, competitive local
  telephone, communications towers, and engineering
  consulting. Its affiliates provide the day to
  day operations and management of Great Western
  and have two seats on the Board of Directors.
• Tri-Com, LLC Tri-Com owns 25 of Great Western
  and is owned by two local Illinois telephone
  companies, each of which trace their origins over
  100 years as leading innovators of voice, video,
  and internet services to rural customers.
  Tri-Com owns 25 of Great Western, has one seat
  on the board of directors and its affiliates
  provide billing and administrative services to
  Great Western.
• Anderson Pacific Corporation APC is a 30 year
  old Chicago based, telecom finance and
  development company with current and past
  ownership and management responsibilities in
  fiber optic transmission routes, cellular
  telephone, cable television, local telephone,
  tower infrastructure, and other telecommunication
  assets. Its partners own 30 and have two seats
  on the Board of Directors of Great Western and
  provide strategic direction, acquisition,
  divestiture, and finance services to Great
  Western.

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FiberLink, LLC

• The Companys owners own and operate another
  synergistic company to Great Western, FiberLink,
  LLC, a state of the art fiber optic transmission
  highway between downtown Chicago and downtown
  Denver and from Chicago to New Orleans. The
  routes contain 2,000 route miles with plant
  consisting of 100,000 fiber miles.
• FiberLink has 25 major telecommunication
  industry users including an international
  internet content company, national and regional
  fiber optic transmission companies, large state
  universities, major enterprise companies,
  regional cellular carriers and others.
• Great Western utilizes many of the local back
  office infrastructure assets and procedures
  already in place for FiberLink including the
  National Operations Center, accounting,
  engineering, tech support, and the like.
• Plans are underway to interconnect the fiber
  routes and microwave paths to provide enhanced
  capabilities to both companies and expand the
  range of services each can provide its customers.
  

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Contact Information

• Development Office875 N Michigan Avenue
  Suite 3100Chicago, IL
  60611312.602.5488

• Administrative Office611 Patterson Street
  P.O. Box 490Cambridge, NE 69022
  308.697.7678

• Accounting Office
• 6825 Pine Street
  Suite 348Omaha, NE 68106402.590.1414

• NOC Location
• 100 North 12th Street
  Suite 501Lincoln, NE 68508402.438.6211

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