[LETTERHEAD-eLEC COMMUNICATIONS]


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             Contact:  Paul H. Riss, CEO
                                            phriss@elec-corp.com
                                            914-633-6500


eLEC Announces Reelection of Board and Adjournment of Shareholder Meeting


NEW ROCHELLE,  NY...November 26, 2002--- eLEC Communications Corp.  (OTCBB:ELEC)
announced today that each nominee, Joel Dupre, Eric M. Hellige and Paul H. Riss,
was elected to serve another term on the Board of Directors.

No action was taken with regard to the proposal to sell substantially all of the
assets of Essex Communications, Inc. ("Essex"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
corporation,  pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement ("Agreement") dated as of
September  3, 2002,  by and among eLEC,  Essex and Essex  Acquisition  Corp.,  a
wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  BiznessOnline.com,  Inc. It was  determined at the
shareholder  meeting that it would be in the best  interest of  shareholders  to
adjourn the meeting  until  December 12, 2002.  As a result of the  adjournment,
shareholders  who have not voted on the asset sale are  encouraged  to  continue
submitting their proxies. eLEC has also begun discussions with Essex Acquisition
Corp.  to amend  certain  provisions of the  Agreement.  Among other items,  the
parties to the  Agreement  are in  discussions  for an amendment to delete Essex
Acquisition Corp.'s requirement that eLEC obtain shareholder approval.

eLEC is a competitive  local  exchange  carrier that is taking  advantage of the
convergence of the current and future  competitive  technological and regulatory
developments in the  telecommunications  industry.  eLEC offers small businesses
and residential customers an integrated set of  telecommunications  products and
services,  including local exchange,  local access,  domestic and  international
long distance  telephone,  and a full suite of features  including items such as
three-way calling, call waiting and voice mail.

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Please  Note:  Certain of the  statements  contained  herein  may be  considered
forward-looking   statements.   For  further   discussion   of  such  risks  and
uncertainties,  which could cause actual results to differ from those  contained
in the  forward-looking  statements,  see the  discussions  contained  in eLEC's
Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year-ended  November  30,  2001  and its
Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-QSB for the quarters  ended February 28, 2002, May
31, 2002 and August 31, 2002 and any other SEC filings.