EXHIBIT 99.3



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
FEBRUARY 2, 1999                        CONTACT: LARRY R. LINHART
                                                 CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND 
                                                 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                                 614/895-1313, EXT. 3021


      AMERILINK CORPORATION COMPLETES MERGER WITH MIDWEST COMPUTER CABLE, INC.
                                          
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2, 1999 -- AmeriLink Corporation (NASDAQ National 
Market: "ALNK"), a leading provider of cabling services to the 
telecommunications industry, today announced that it completed the merger of 
Midwest Computer Cable, Inc. into a wholly-owned subsidiary. Midwest Computer 
Cable, a privately owned cabling installation firm headquartered in Des 
Moines, Iowa, provides installation and maintenance services for premise 
cabling systems through six offices located in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas. 
During 1998, Midwest Computer recorded annual revenues in excess of $9 
million.
                                          
AmeriLink Corporation designs, constructs, installs and maintains cabling 
systems on a national basis for the transmission of video, voice and data.  
The Company offers these services on a national basis to providers of 
telecommunications services, including: major cable television multiple 
system operators; traditional telephone service providers, including local 
exchange carriers and long distance carriers; competitive local exchange 
carriers; Direct Broadcast Satellite providers; system integrators and users 
of local area network and wide-area network systems; and other businesses 
providing specific or bundled telecommunications services. For additional 
information on AmeriLink Corporation, you may access their website at 
www.nacom-amerilink.com.
                                          
                     AmeriLink Corporation (NASDAQ/NNM: "ALNK")
                              www.nacom-amerilink.com
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