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<LEGEND>

This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of AT&T Corp. at September 30, 2000 and the
unaudited  consolidated  statement  of income for the  nine-month  period  ended
September  30,  2000 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statements.



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