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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
condensed consolidated balance sheet and the condensed consolidated statement of
operations of DTI Holdings,  Inc. filed as part of the quarterly  report on Form
10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such  quarterly  report on
Form 10-Q.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-START>                      Jul-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                        Sep-30-1998
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