USSBA.COM, INC. INCREASES ITS ROLE AS LEADING ONLINE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS PORTAL THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH
XO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Houston, Texas - December 3, 2002 - USSBA.Com, Inc., one of the leading business to business portals, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership with XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: XOHO.OB) "XO", a leading provider of 21st century communications services for businesses and communications services providers, including 50 percent of the Fortune 500 and leading cable companies, carriers, content providers, and mobile operators.

With effective communication with customers being an essential step in the small e-business lifecycle, USSBA identified the demand for affordable IP based telecommunications services, and selected XO as one of it's partners of choice. XO filled in a telecommunications and data niche within the USSBA member business community. As a common thread, USSBA seeks to provide its members with access to best-of-breed products and services to help them start, run and grow their e-businesses more efficiently. "The Internet has now evolved to allow e-businesses to handle online tasks that were once viewed as substantial stumbling blocks. Our newest partner helps our members capitalize on this by providing them with one-stop access to a complete offering of telecommunications and data solutions and allows our members to run their e-businesses more efficiently," stated Chris Heidkamp, Director Strategic Alliances of USSBA. "We continue to focus on partnering with companies like XO that make running a small e-business easier, and in doing so, continue to increase the USSBA leadership position in the business to business services industry." XO services will be featured in the "Essentials" section as telecommunications, IP and data services. USSBA.com will also feature these services in other strategic sections throughout the USSBA portal.

USSBA.Com, Inc. founded in 1999, is the Internet leader in providing business to business solutions to small businesses and entrepreneurs. USSBA.com is a leading business-to-business information portal and "The place where small businesses go to get BIGGER."

USSBA.Com, Inc. has offices in Houston, Texas and Nevada. The Company's web site address is http://www.ussba.com.

Contact:
M Papes
President
Phone: (713) 669-9000