<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
   This schedule contains summary financial  information extracted from Electric
   Lightwave, Inc.'s Financial Statements for the six months ended June 30, 1998
   and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<RESTATED>
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