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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE
Network Plus Corp.
41 Pacella Park Drive
Randolph, MA 02368
Investor Contact: Robert Cobuzzi
rcobuzzi@nwp.com
Phone:  (781)-473-5000
FAX:  (781)-473-3985

         NETWORK PLUS ENTERS INTO LIMITED WAIVER WITH ITS SENIOR LENDERS
                    AND ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT OF UBS WARBURG

RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS (January 2, 2002): - Network Plus Corp. (NASDAQ: NPLS),
announced today that it has entered into a limited waiver of certain terms of
its senior credit facility. This waiver will expire on January 31, 2002. Network
Plus may borrow an additional $3 million under the senior credit facility during
the waiver period, subject to the conditions in the senior credit facility.

Network Plus is continuing discussions with its lenders about restructuring its
senior credit facility. Under discussion with its lenders are the amount of
additional loans, the maturity date of the senior credit facility, and other
terms and covenants associated with the senior credit facility.

Network Plus also announced today that it has engaged UBS Warburg LLC to examine
financing and restructuring alternatives for Network Plus.

The amount of funding provided by the limited waiver under the senior credit
facility is approximately $50 million less than the amount of borrowings
required under Network Plus' current business plan. There can be no assurance
Network Plus will be successful in extending this limited waiver, restructuring
its senior credit facility on either a short-term or long-term basis, obtaining
a replacement of its existing senior credit facility to fund its additional
business plan needs, or otherwise obtaining necessary debt or equity funding. If
it is not successful, Network Plus may default under its senior credit facility
or may be required to substantially modify its current business plan, including
reducing or terminating all or significant portions of its operations and any
planned expansion.

ABOUT NETWORK PLUS

Network Plus is a network-based integrated communications provider headquartered
in Randolph, Massachusetts. Network Plus offers broadband data and
telecommunications services, primarily to small and medium-sized business
customers located in major markets in the





Northeastern and Southeastern regions of the United States. The Company's
bundled product offerings include local and long distance service as well as
enhanced, high-speed data and Internet services. For more information on Network
Plus Corp., please visit the Company's website at www.networkplus.com.

OF NOTE

This press release includes certain forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statement that is not a
statement of historical fact, including without limitation any statement
concerning anticipated capital requirements, availability of capital, the
proposed restructuring of its senior credit facility, and any statement using
the term "believes," "intends" or any similar expression, is a forward-looking
statement. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are the
results of Network Plus' discussions with the senior lenders to restructure the
senior credit facility, the results of the UBS Warburg engagement, the inability
to obtain additional loans from its existing lenders on a short-term basis, the
inability to obtain a long-term senior credit facility in an amount necessary to
fund Network Plus's business plan, the inability of Network Plus to obtain other
sources of equity and/or other funding in sufficient amounts and on acceptable
terms or at all, competition and pricing pressure in its industry, Network Plus'
future financial performance and condition and the other factors set forth in
its most recent report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Network Plus undertakes no obligation to update the
information contained on its website or in this release, to review or confirm
analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to a
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.