EXHIBIT 24.3


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Patrick J. Haynes, III, Mark J. Nielsen and Scot
M. McCormick, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone),
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in each capacity stated below
any amendment (including pre- and post-effective amendments) to the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-65133) of Avery Communications,
Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 1998,
and any Registration Statement (including any amendment thereto) for this
offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in fact and agents, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in fact and agents and either of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated May 12, 1999                              /s/ ROBERT T. ISHAM, JR.
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                                                Robert T. Isham, Jr.