Prestige Telephone Co.

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Exhibit 1 Prestige Data Services Summary of Computer
Utilization, First Quarter 2003

Revenue Hours January February March

Intercompany 206 181 223

Commercial 123 135 138
Total revenue hours 329 316 361
Service hours 32 32 40
Available hours 223 164 143
Total hours 584 512 544
Exhibit 2 Prestige Data Services Summary Results of Operations, First Quarter 2003

January February March

Revenues
Intercompany sales $82,400 $72,400 $89,200
Commercial sales
Computer use 98,400 108,000 110,400
Other 9,241 9,184 12,685
Total revenue $190,041 $189,584 $212,285
Expenses
Space costs:
Rent $8,000 $8,000 $8,000
Custodial services 1,240 1,240 1,240
9,240 9,240 9,240
Equipment costs
Computer leases 95,000 95,000 95,000
Maintenance 5,400 5,400 5,400
Depreciation:
Computer equipment 25,500 25,500 25,500
Office equipment and fixtures 680 680 680
Power 1,633 1,592 1,803
128,213 128,172 128,383
Wages and salaries
Operations 29,496 29,184 30,264
Systems development and maintenance 12,000 12,000 12,000
Administration 9,000 9,000 9,000
Sales 11,200 11,200 11,200
61,696 61,384 62,464/
Materials 9,031 8,731 10,317
Sales promotions 7,909 7,039 8,083
Corporate services 15,424 15,359 15,236
Total expenses $231,513 $229,925 $233,723
Net income (loss) ($41,472) ($40,341) ($21,438)