NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF
                  ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, INC. CLASS A COMMON STOCK


                                                             June 3, 2002

     On May 20, 2002, Citizens  Communications Company ("Citizens"),  through an
indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  commenced an unsolicited  tender offer (the
"Offer")  for all  outstanding  shares  of  Class A  common  stock  of  Electric
Lightwave,  Inc.  ("ELI") not already owned by Citizens or its  subsidiaries  at
$0.70 per share in cash (the  "Offer  Price"),  pursuant  to  certain  terms and
conditions  as set forth in the Offer to  Purchase  dated May 20,  2002.  If the
Offer  is  successfully  completed,  Citizens  plans  to  cause  the  purchasing
subsidiary  to merge into ELI in a so called  "short-form  merger"  and  thereby
cause ELI to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citizens.

     Upon  review  of the  Offer and based  upon the  information  presented,  a
special committee of independent directors (the "Independent Committee") and the
board of directors  (the "Board") of ELI approved the Offer and  recommend  that
ELI stockholders accept the Offer and tender their shares pursuant to the Offer.

     In arriving at its recommendation,  the Independent Committee and the Board
gave careful  consideration  to a number of factors.  A full  discussion  of the
matters considered by the Independent Committee and the Board in connection with
its recommendation with respect to the Offer, as well as additional  information
with respect to the Offer is contained in the attached Schedule 14D-9, which was
filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on Monday, June 3, 2002.

We urge you to read that document in its entirety.

                            ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE, INC.