Exhibit (a)(5)(L)

                                 June 13, 2000


     Re:  Instructions Regarding Payment for Shares and Options

To:  Thomas A. Marinkovich

     As you are aware, NTT Communications Corporation ("NTT Communications") has
made a tender offer to purchase all outstanding Common Stock of Verio Inc.
("Verio") for cash at a price of $60.00 per share (the "Offer").  This letter
explains the effects of the Offer on the shares of Verio common stock that you
may own directly, as well as options that you hold under the 1998 Non-Employee
Director Stock Incentive Plan.  Please read through this letter carefully, as it
provides instructions for what you must do to participate in the Offer that NTT
Communications has made to acquire Verio.

1.  Verio Stock You Own Directly.

     Verio stock that you may own directly includes shares that you purchased on
the market or shares that you acquired directly from Verio.  If you hold these
shares in a brokerage account, your broker already should have sent you
materials describing the Offer and what you need to do in order to tender the
shares in the Offer.  You should call your broker if you have not received these
forms, but we have also included a copy with this letter.  If you hold your
shares through a broker, then you can tender your shares without the necessity
of completing any documents by merely calling your broker and instructing him or
her to tender the shares on your behalf.  Your broker may charge you a fee for
tendering your shares in the Offer.

     If you acquired shares directly from Verio and hold a stock certificate
evidencing those shares, you should have received a package of materials
directly in the mail containing a blue Letter of Transmittal.  In the case of
shares where you actually hold a stock certificate, you must complete and sign
the Letter of Transmittal and return it to the Depositary Agent in accordance
with the instructions contained in those documents.

     If you do not tender shares that you actually own in the Offer, but the
Offer is nevertheless completed, your shares will be automatically converted
into a right to receive cash, at the same $60 price per share, at the time of
the merger which will occur some time after the completion of the Offer.  We
don't know precisely what the timing of that subsequent merger would be.


2.  Verio Stock Options.

     Attached to this letter is a summary prepared by our stock plan
administrators showing the option grants that you have received from Verio under
our 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan, and information concerning
those grants as of May 31, 2000.

     On May 7, 2000, the Verio Board of Directors determined that 50% of your
outstanding options that are not vested immediately prior to the completion of
the Offer shall automatically vest and become fully exercisable upon the
completion of the Offer.  Accordingly, 50% of your outstanding options will
become fully vested and exercisable upon completion of the Offer.  The remaining
50% of the options you hold, by their terms, automatically will expire upon the
completion of the Offer.  By the terms of our agreement with NTT, you will be
entitled to receive cash shortly after the completion of the Offer for your
outstanding vested options.  The amount of cash that you will receive for each
outstanding vested option you hold will equal the difference between $60 and the
exercise price applicable to that option, less applicable federal, state and
local tax withholdings.  You must sign the duplicate copy of this letter
included in this package and return it to Verio in the enclosed envelope in
order to receive cash in exchange for your vested options following the Offer.

     Verio's stock option plans will terminate upon completion of the Offer.

     Again, if you wish to receive cash in exchange for your outstanding vested
options, please sign and date the enclosed copy of this letter and return it to
Verio in the envelope provided.  You will not receive the cash amount described
in this letter for your vested options until the Offer is actually completed and
Verio has received a signed copy of this letter back from you.

     By signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter to Verio, you are
agreeing, if the Offer is completed, to exchange your outstanding vested options
for the right to receive cash, as described in this letter.  Consequently, upon
completion of the Offer, you will have no further rights to acquire the Verio
stock represented by your options.  Under the terms of the options themselves,
all outstanding options will automatically expire upon completion of the Offer.

     If you have any additional questions about the foregoing or any of the
attachments, please feel free to contact me.

                         Very truly yours,

                         /s/ Carla Hamre Donelson

                         Carla Hamre Donelson





I have reviewed the foregoing Instructions Regarding Payment for Shares and
Options and the accompanying information concerning the options previously
granted to me in connection with my services to Verio.  I hereby request that
payment be made to me as described in this letter and the accompanying documents
for the options that I hold pursuant to such grant.


Signature:   ____________________________

Print Name:  ____________________________

Date: _____________________________



Attachments:

 .  Individual Summary of Option Grants
 .  Q&A
 .  Tender Offer Materials