PAETEC Named a Best Company to Work for in Texas for a Second Consecutive Year

PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET), a national competitive provider of communications solutions, today announced that it has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the second year in a row.

The awards program is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (TSC-SHRM), and Best Companies Group. It is designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best places of employment in Texas that benefit the state's economy, workforce, and businesses. The 2012 Best Companies to Work for in Texas list is made up of 100 companies.

“We are very proud to be honored with this award again this year,” said Dean Yeck, PAETEC vice president and general manager of the west region. “At PAETEC, it’s the people that make us great. They are talented, hardworking, and dedicated to providing excellent service and performance for our customers.”

Companies from across the state entered the two-part survey process to determine the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, systems, philosophies, practices, and demographics, while the second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Texas and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

PAETEC will be recognized and honored at the Best Companies to Work for in Texas awards ceremony on Thursday, February 2, 2012, as part of the Texas Association of Business 2012 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. The final rankings will also be released in the February 2012 issue of Texas Monthly.

About PAETEC

PAETEC (NASDAQ: PAET) is personalizing business communications for medium and large businesses, enterprise organizations and institutions across the United States. We offer a comprehensive suite of IP, voice, data, and Internet services, as well as enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE, and managed services. For more information, visit www.paetec.com.