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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ James D. Kiggen
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James D. Kiggen
Chairman of the Board of Directors
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me James
D. Kiggen, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Phillip R. Cox
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Phillip R. Cox
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Phillip
R. Cox, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Richard G. Ellenberger
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Richard G. Ellenberger
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Richard
G. Ellenberger, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ William A. Friedlander
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William A. Friedlander
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me William
A. Friedlander, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, her attorneys for her and in her name, place and stead, and in her
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as she
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Karen M. Hoguet
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Karen M. Hoguet
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Karen
M. Hoguet, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and she duly acknowledged to me that she
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Daniel J. Meyer
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Daniel J. Meyer
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Daniel
J. Meyer, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, her attorneys for her and in her name, place and stead, and in her
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as she
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Mary D. Nelson
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Mary D. Nelson
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Mary D.
Nelson, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and she duly acknowledged to me that she
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ David B. Sharrock
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David B. Sharrock
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me David
B. Sharrock, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
<Page>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ J. Taylor Crandall
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J. Taylor Crandall
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me J.
Taylor Crandall, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
<Page>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ John M. Zrno
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John M. Zrno
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me John M.
Zrno, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed and
delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
<Page>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Carl Redfield
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Carl Redfield
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me Carl
Redfield, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003
<Page>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Broadwing Inc., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints,
Richard G. Ellenberger, Kevin W. Mooney and Jeffrey C. Smith, and each of them
singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead, and in his
office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual report on
Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 25th
day of January, 2002.
/s/ Lawrence J. Bouman
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Lawrence J. Bouman
Director
STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON )
On the 25th day of January, 2002, personally appeared before me
Lawrence J. Bouman, to me known and known to me to be the person described in
and who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that
he executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal this 25th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Susan D. McClarnon
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Notary Public, State of Ohio
My commission expires March 16, 2003