Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaimsany such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements,whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.SOURCELevel 3 Communications, Inc.media, Vince Hancock, +1-720-888-2146, or investors, Mark Stoutenberg,+1-720-888-2518, both of Level 3 Communications, Inc.. Begin the weekend May 22 with Shinedown, Halestorm and 2009 Tri-C HighSchool Rock Off winner The Sharp Edges. 18th Annual Marc's Great American Rib Cook-Off & Music Festival Sizzles withValueCLEVELAND, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- For a value that sizzles, head to downtownCleveland Memorial Day weekend for the 18th AnnualMarc's Great American RibCook-Off & Music Festival presented by Dr. Any other service, product or company names recited herein are trademarksor service marks of their respective owners. Forward-Looking Statement Some of the statements made in this press release are forward looking innature.

These statements are based on management's current expectations orbeliefs. These forward looking statements are not a guarantee of performanceand are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of whichare outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual events to differmaterially from those expressed or implied by the statements. Level 3services are provided by wholly owned subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications,Inc. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, includingtransport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. For more information,visit 3 Communications, Level 3, the red 3D brackets and the Level 3Communications logo are registered service marks of Level 3 Communications,LLC and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading internationalprovider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content,wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with anindustry-leading combination of scalability and value over an end-to-end fibernetwork.

"Aspera has been a fantastic company to workwith, and our new High-Speed Content Upload service is a significantenhancement to our end-to-end content delivery workflow."About Level 3 CommunicationsLevel 3 Communications, Inc. Todeliver this new service, Level 3 selected Aspera Inc.'s innovative fasp(TM)transport technology for its ability to move data at extremely high speeds,regardless of file size, network conditions and transfer distance. Level 3 isthe first CDN provider to fully deploy Aspera's high-speed file transfertechnology solution.With a single 1 Gbps bandwidth connection, Level 3 CDN customers can move aterabyte of data - equivalent to approximately 1,000 full-length featuremovies - from New York to Los Angeles in just over two hours. (Nasdaq: LVLT)today announced that it will offer its Content Delivery Network (CDN)customers a new High-Speed Content Upload service that enables rapid uploadingof multimedia content to the Level 3 Origin Storage Platform.Level 3 has augmented its Origin Storage offering to facilitate the upload anddelivery of large files at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps). Maxx, 806Marshalls, 318 HomeGoods, and 140 AJWright stores in the United States.