Exhibit 99.8

                              Contact Information:

                              Ed Babcock
                              Jeff Miller
                              Hyperion Communications
                              814-274-9830

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HYPERION COMMUNICATIONS ACCELERATES ENTRY INTO KEY MARKETS THROUGH LOCAL FIBER 
OPTIC NETWORK AGREEMENTS


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Coudersport, Pa., February 8, 1999 - Hyperion Communications has entered into
agreements with five prominent companies in the telecommunications industry to
provide Hyperion with existing local fiber optic routes needed for quick and
cost-effective entry into several key markets throughout the eastern United
States.

Hyperion Communications (NASDAQ:HYPT), one of the largest competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs) in the United States, has entered into agreements with
NorthEast Optic Network, Inc. (NEON), Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (MFN),
e.spire Communications, Inc., Telergy Inc. and Interpath Communications. The
agreements provide Hyperion with a long-term lease or an indefeasible right of
use (IRU) to approximately 600 local fiber route miles.

The fiber obtained through the contract with NEON allows Hyperion to quickly
enter markets throughout New England. The agreement with Metromedia Fiber
Network supplements an earlier agreement and provides Hyperion with broad
coverage in Manhattan and the New York metropolitan area, as well as new entry
into Chicago, IL, Washington DC and northern Virginia. Hyperion will gain
cost-effective access to Atlanta, GA through an agreement with e.spire. Telergy
will allow Hyperion to efficiently enter Manhattan, NY and an agreement with
Interpath Communications will allow Hyperion to enter the Raleigh-Durham/Chapel
Hill, NC market.

The markets reached through these agreements are key to Hyperion's network
expansion strategy. Hyperion currently is constructing a super-regional, fully
redundant, fiber optic network serving the eastern half of the United States.
This network is being formed through the interconnection of Hyperion's 46
existing markets with more than 50 new markets.

"These agreements accelerate Hyperion's entry into new markets and strengthen
our position as a leading CLEC and a major force in the communications
industry," said Dan Milliard, President and Chief Operating Officer of Hyperion
Communications. "We will look for similar strategic agreements in the future and
will continue to build our own network where it is beneficial."









Hyperion Secures Fiber Agreements
February 8, 1999

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Hyperion Communications (NASDAQ NNM: HYPT), is a majority-owned subsidiary of
Adelphia Communications Corporation (NASDAQ NNM: ADLAC) that provides integrated
communications services to business customers through its state-of-the-art fiber
optic communications network. By the year 2001, Hyperion will serve most cities
in the eastern half of the United States through the interconnection of its 46
existing markets with more than 50 new markets, creating a single fiber optic
backbone network. This fully redundant, 16,000-mile local and long-haul fiber
optic network will support Hyperion's full line of communication service
offerings, including local and long distance voice services, messaging,
high-speed data and Internet services. For more information on Hyperion, visit
the company's web site at www.hyperioncom.net.