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Integra Telecom Employees Donate More Than 1,000 Pounds of Food and $3,500 to Oregon Food Bank

Three Hundred Portland-Based Employees Rally to Stop Hunger

PORTLAND, Ore., April 25, 2008 - Integra Telecom, a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier for business, is donating what is estimated to be more than 1,000 pounds of food and $3,500 in employee cash donations to The Oregon Food Bank. Integra Telecom's monetary contributions alone will allow the Food Bank to distribute approximately 17,500 pounds of food to those in need.

Integra's food drive is part of the company's Community Matters program, which supports initiatives and organizations that benefit the lives of the people in the communities Integra serves.

What: The Oregon Food Bank will collect more than 1,000 pounds of nonperishable food donations and $3,500 in employee cash contributions from Integra Telecom's corporate offices.

When: TODAY, Friday, April 25, between 2 and 3 p.m.

Where: Integra Telecom Inc, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, Ste. 500, Portland, Ore.

Visuals:

Waist high barrels overflowing with canned goods, protein and other nonperishable food items
Local Integra Telecom employees working together to load more than 1,000 pounds of food into Oregon Food Bank vans

About Integra Telecom Integra Telecom Inc. provides voice, data and Internet communications to thousands of business and carrier customers in 11 Western states, including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The company owns and operates a best-in-class fiber-optic network comprised of metropolitan access networks, a nationally acclaimed tier one Internet and data network and a 4,700-mile high-speed long haul network. The company has earned some of the highest customer loyalty and customer satisfaction ratings in the telecommunications industry. Primary equity investors in the company include Warburg Pincus, Banc of America Capital Investors and Boston Ventures. Integra Telecom and Electric Lightwave are registered trademarks of Integra Telecom Inc. For more information, visit www.integratelecom.com.

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