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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003

OR

For the transition period from                         to                         .

Commission file number 000-24661

FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

570 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 405-6200

(Issuer’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check whether the registrant: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  x    No  ¨

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common stock, as of May 12, 2003, was 35,215,398 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value.

Check whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  ¨    No  x

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Consolidated Financial Statements

See attached.

Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

This report contains certain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that there can be no assurance that actual results or business conditions will not differ materially from those projected or suggested in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed below. As a result, our future operations involve a high degree of risk. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The Company’s operations and ability to grow may be affected by numerous factors, including: the difficulty inherent in operating an early-stage company in a new and rapidly evolving market; its history of operating losses and cash flow deficits; its limited financial resources and uncertainty as to the availability of additional capital to fund its operations on acceptable terms, if at all; its success in maintaining carrier hotel lease agreements and license agreements with building owners and in obtaining additional agreements; the financial difficulties and instability that its customers and vendors are experiencing; the lack of growth in demand for its services or the failure to manage the growth of its operations; the frequency of service interruptions on its networks and the scalability and reliability of its networks; the potential occurrence of a natural disaster of act of terrorism that could impact its networks; the potential loss of key personnel, information support systems or key software licenses; the potential for litigation from stockholders, customers, vendors or other third parties; continued pricing pressure and price competition for its services; the potential development by competitors of competing products and technologies; restrictions imposed on it as a result of its debt; and changes in the regulatory environment. The failure of the Company to achieve certain operational results would violate certain debt covenants thereby potentially accelerating the outstanding balance for immediate payment.

Overview

We deploy, own and operate fiber-optic networks designed to provide comprehensive broadband connectivity to other telecommunications service providers for their data, voice and video transmissions. Our networks provide an advanced, high-bandwidth, fiber-optic solution to support the demand for network capacity and to facilitate the interconnection of multiple carriers’ networks. Our primary business is to provide optical and electrical broadband circuits within and between carrier hotels, which are industrial buildings where service providers house their communications equipment to exchange and route communications traffic. Our networks support multiple domestic and international transmission protocols including synchronous optical network, or SONET, synchronous digital hierarchy, or SDH, Ethernet, and Internet Protocol, or IP, and can deliver broadband connections with bandwidth ranging from 1.5 megabits per second to 10.0 gigabits per second, as well as optical wavelengths. We are currently operating primarily in the two gateway markets of New York and Los Angeles, focusing our services in the local loop of major metropolitan areas.

We have experienced significant operating losses, net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities. We expect to continue to experience such losses and negative cash flows as we continue to operate our business. We also have a limited operating history. Consequently, prospective investors have limited operating history and financial data upon which to evaluate our performance.

The telecommunications industry is currently experiencing a period of uncertainty and rationalization. Many companies in our industry are in financial distress, and some of our largest customers have filed for bankruptcy. We have been negatively impacted by the general economic environment and by the difficulties that are impacting our industry. Most significantly, customer contracts and services have been cancelled, resulting in a loss of recurring revenues to us. We are unable to determine the extent to which additional contracts or services that we provide to our customers will be cancelled, and we cannot forecast our ability to replace those cancelled contracts with new contracts. As a result, our revenues, business operations and liquidity may continue to be negatively affected by the market environment.

Revenues.    We generate revenues from selling network capacity and related services to other telecommunications service providers. Revenues are derived from three general types of services:

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Our revenues are generated on a monthly recurring basis under contracts with our customers. The terms of these contracts can range from month-to-month to fifteen years in length. We continue to experience a trend of entering into shorter-term contracts with our customers. Previously, our customers typically entered into contracts with terms of three to five years. Increasingly, our customers are electing to purchase services on a month-to-month basis or for a period of only one year.

Our services are typically sold under fixed price agreements. In the case of transport services, we provide an optical circuit or other means of connectivity for a fixed price. Revenues from transport services are not dependent on customer usage or the distance between the origination point and termination point of a circuit. The pricing of colocation services is based upon the size of the colocation space or the number of colocation units, such as cabinets, provided to the customer. Revenues from access management services are typically determined by the square footage of the commercial office properties to which a customer purchases access. The pricing of all of our services have declined significantly over the past year, although we believe not to the extent that the pricing in other segments of the telecommunications market has declined.

The growth of our revenues is dependent upon our ability to provide additional services in our existing facilities. We also believe that the majority of the growth in our revenues will come from our existing customers. Consequently, our growth in revenues is dependent on the underlying growth of our customers’ businesses and their need for our services within the facilities that we already operate. We continue to add additional customers, particularly internationally based carriers. However, we believe the number of companies that are potential customers is decreasing, due to the industry environment. In addition, we currently do not anticipate expanding our network infrastructure to other carrier point facilities or on-net buildings and off-net buildings. Within each of our existing facilities, our revenues will depend upon the demand for our services, the competition that we face and our customer service.

We typically begin our sales cycle by entering into a telecommunications services agreement. This document outlines the engineering specifications and operating standards that are required of us by the customer. Customers can order a specific circuit or colocation space, or, alternatively, they can purchase general availability on our networks or in our facilities by establishing minimum revenue commitments on a recurring basis.

During the past year, customers have primarily purchased services from us only on an as-needed basis, when their networks requirements mandate an immediate need for additional services. They have not elected to purchase general availability on our networks, nor have they purchased services on a speculative basis. We have also experienced significant disconnections of services, as customers groom their networks to eliminate excess capacity. This loss of revenues has had a significantly negative impact on our financial results and may continue.

Currently our colocation and access services produce less than one-third of our revenues. In the future we anticipate generating significantly more of our revenues from transport services than from colocation or access management services. The scalability of our network architecture allows us to increase transport capacity to a greater degree than is possible with our colocation and access services.

Cost of Services.    Cost of services is associated with the operation of our networks and facilities. The largest component of our cost of services is the occupancy expenses at our carrier point facilities, on-net buildings and off-net buildings. Other specific costs include maintenance and repair costs and utility costs. Our license agreements for our on-net and off-net buildings require us to pay license

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fees to the owners of these properties. In addition, our leases at 60 Hudson Street in New York City also require us to pay license fees. These license fees typically are calculated as a percentage of the revenues that we generate in each particular building. Other than our license fees, our cost of services is generally fixed in nature. We do not anticipate that cost of services will change commensurately with any change in our revenues. Prospectively, our cost of services will include the costs that we will incur by purchasing connectivity from other wholesale, telecommunications carriers to provide our customers with transport services that are not on our networks.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.    Selling, general and administrative expenses generally include all of our personnel costs, occupancy costs for our corporate offices, insurance costs, professional fees, sales and marketing expenses and other miscellaneous expenses. Personnel costs, including wages, benefits and sales commissions, are our largest component of selling, general and administrative expenses. We have reduced the number of our employees from 108 at the beginning of 2002 to 75 as of March 31, 2003, and our personnel costs have decreased significantly. Prospectively, we do not anticipate significant changes in headcount, and we believe that our personnel costs will increase moderately. Other costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses may increase due to changes in the economic environment and telecommunications industry.

Stock Related Expense.    Stock related expense relates to the granting of stock options to our employees. We grant stock options to our employees as a form of equity-based compensation to attract, retain and incentivize qualified personnel. These costs are non-cash charges that are amortized over the vesting term of each employee’s option agreement. Certain options granted to employees are accounted for using variable plan accounting. Under variable plan accounting, the stock related expense is adjusted for changes in the market price of the underlying common stock.

In December 2000 we repriced stock options for certain of our executive officers, resulting in variable plan accounting in accordance with FASB Interpretation (FIN) No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, from the date of modification. The additional intrinsic value was determined on the date of modification using the then market price of the common stock. The additional compensation cost was recognized over the period from the date of modification to the date the awards vest. The additional compensation cost has been adjusted in subsequent periods for changes in the market price. After the awards vested, adjustments to compensation cost for changes in the market price were recognized immediately. In subsequent periods, the market price declined, resulting in negative compensation cost being recognized. In accordance with FIN 44, illustration 3(g), income (negative expense) has been recognized up to the amount of expense previously recognized in prior periods relating specifically to the modified awards.

Depreciation and Amortization.    Depreciation and amortization expense includes the depreciation of our network equipment and infrastructure, computer hardware and software, furniture and fixtures, and leasehold improvements, as well as the amortization of certain deferred charges. We commence the depreciation of network related fixed assets when they are placed into service and depreciate those assets over periods ranging from three to 20 years. As a result of the impairments of fixed assets that we recorded during 2002 and 2001, depreciation and amortization expense may decrease going forward.

Significant Accounting Policies

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results from operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of the financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate the estimates that we have made. These estimates have been based upon historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe our most critical accounting policies include revenue recognition, an allowance for doubtful accounts, the impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill, and the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities.

We recognize revenues when earned as services are provided throughout the life of each contract with a customer. The majority of our revenues are invoiced on a monthly recurring basis under contracts, typically one year in length. We record deferred revenue for the amount of an invoice that has not been recognized as revenue.

We have one reciprocal agreement, whereby we purchase services from one of our customers. At the beginning of 2002 we had two such reciprocal agreements, but one was terminated early in the year. The services provided and obtained through these agreements were priced at fair value as of the date of the agreement. We recognized the transport and colocation revenues from these agreements in accordance with our stated revenue recognition policy, and we concurrently recorded the expenses for colocation services as cost of services in our statements of operations. None of the expenses associated with our reciprocal agreements are capitalized. All of the costs are expensed as incurred. For the first quarter of 2002, reciprocal agreements accounted for $0.4 million, or 6.0%, of revenues and $0.4 million of our cost of services. For the quarter ended March 31, 2003, reciprocal agreements accounted for $0.1 million, or 1.9%, of revenues and $0.1 million of our cost of services.

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We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers and maintain allowances for doubtful accounts based upon our historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that we have identified. While such credit losses have historically been within our expectations, there can be no assurance that we will continue to experience the same level of credit losses that we have in the past. A significant number of our customers have filed for bankruptcy or are otherwise in significant financial distress. A significant change in the liquidity or financial position of any one of these customers, in particular, or a further deterioration in the economic environment or telecommunications industry, in general, could have a material adverse impact on the collectability of our accounts receivable and our future operating results, including a reduction in future revenues and additional allowances for doubtful accounts. If we determine that collection of a receivable is not reasonably assured, we defer the revenue and recognize it at the time collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of payment.

We assess the fair value and recoverability of our long-lived assets, whenever events and circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In doing so, we make assumptions and estimates regarding future cash flows and other factors to make our determination. The fair value of our long-lived assets is dependent upon the forecasted performance of our business, changes in the telecommunications industry and the overall economic environment. When we determine that the carrying value of our long-lived assets may not be recoverable, we measure any impairment based upon a forecasted discounted cash flow method. If these forecasts are not met, we may have to record additional impairment charges not previously recognized.

During 2002, we recovered approximately $0.3 million from the sale of assets previously written off as impaired during 2001. The proceeds were recorded as a recovery of the impairment that was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2001.

During 2002, we recorded a write-off of property, plant and equipment of $0.7 million. We recorded this write-off of capital assets due to the termination of several leases and license agreements for network facilities. There was no cost to us to abandon these assets, nor do we expect to receive any proceeds or other consideration from the abandonment of these assets.

During 2002, we determined that our forecasts for revenues at certain facilities would not be achieved due to the ongoing difficulties in the overall business climate and the continued deterioration of the telecommunications industry. The dramatic change in the operating environment for our industry has resulted in significantly less demand for our services in these facilities, and we also determined that a rebound in demand for our services would not occur in the near term. In fact, we concluded that the prospects for the industry, and our business in particular, were worse than we had forecasted in 2001, because the economy had not rebounded as expected and many significant telecommunications business failures occurred in 2002. As a result, we revised our business plan and conducted extensive reviews of our assets and operations. The revisions to the business plan primarily included further reductions in forecasts of revenues and capital expenditures. The projected amounts of certain cost of services and overhead expenses were reduced as well to reflect the decrease in our expected business activity. We also determined that certain financial covenants in our credit facility would need to reflect the revised business plan, including our reduced revenue forecasts. Consequently, we amended our credit facility in October 2002.

We used an undiscounted forecasted cash flow model to determine if there was an impairment based on the cash flows expected to be generated from the assets related to these facilities, and used a discounted cash flow model to measure the impairment. As a result of this analysis, we have recorded an asset impairment of approximately $12.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2002, based on the amount by which the carrying amount of these assets exceeded their fair value.

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and establish a valuation allowance based upon historical losses, projected future taxable income and the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences. As a result of this review, we have established a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2003 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2002

Revenues.    Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2003 were $6.4 million compared to $7.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2002, a decrease of $0.6 million. We generated revenues by providing transport, colocation and communications access management services to our customers. For the three months ended March 31, 2003, we recognized $4.2 million in transport services, $1.5 million in colocation and other services and $0.7 million in communications access management services. For the three months ended March 31, 2002, we recognized $4.4 million in transport services, $1.5 million in colocation and other services and $1.1 million in communications access management services.

The decrease in revenues was partially due to the elimination of certain reciprocal agreements that were terminated during the first quarter of 2002. Reciprocal agreements accounted for $0.1 million, or 1.9%, of our revenues in the first quarter of 2003, down from $0.4 million, or 6.0%, of our revenues for the first quarter of 2002. The remaining decrease in revenues was due to the loss of access management services of approximately $0.3 million due to the cancellation of contracts by certain customers that filed for bankruptcy.

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Cost of services.    Cost of services for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2002 were $2.1 and $2.4 million, respectively. The decrease of $0.3 million was due to reduction in expenses associated with our network facilities, primarily the elimination of certain reciprocal agreements. These costs included on-net building license fees, maintenance and repair costs, rent expense at carrier hotel facilities and on-net and off-net buildings, and related utility costs. Reciprocal agreements accounted for $0.1 million of our cost of services in the first quarter of 2003 and $0.4 million of our cost of services in the first quarter of 2002.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.    Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2003 were $3.7 million compared to $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002. The decrease is a result of our aggressive cost savings initiatives to reduce corporate overhead in line with our current outlook for business activity. Cost reductions were realized in nearly all components of selling, general and administrative expenses, including advertising and marketing costs, professional fees and travel and entertainment expenses. The greatest decrease in overhead came in personnel costs, as we reduced headcount from 86 employees as of March 31, 2002 to 75 employees as of March 31, 2003.

Stock Related Expense.    Stock related expense for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was $0.1 million. This non-cash expense relates to the amortization of deferred compensation expense from granting stock options to our employees. There was no stock related expense recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt.    In the first quarter of 2003, we recorded a non-cash charge of $9.7 million related to the partial extinguishment of our credit facility on January 10, 2003. We recorded a loss for the fair value given in excess of the amount of debt extinguished and related pro-rata write-off of original issue discount and deferred financing charges. The fair value given in exchange for $13.4 million in long term debt was 4.6 million shares of common stock, the issuance of 2.2 million warrants with an exercise price of $3.60 and the re-pricing of 3.0 million existing warrants from $3.60 to $0.03. Also included in this loss is $1.0 million in fees associated with the consummation of the recapitalization. As this extinguishment of debt represented approximately 38.1% of our outstanding balance, we wrote-off the same percentage of deferred financing charges and original issue discount of $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, which is also included in our calculation of loss on early extinguishment of debt.

On March 17, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement to terminate all of its capital lease obligations for a payment of $85,000. This termination of its capital lease obligations resulted in a gain on early extinguishment of debt of approximately $0.8 million, recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2003. This amount partially offset the loss on early extinguishments of debt, described above. There was no loss on early extinguishments of debt recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2002.

Depreciation and Amortization.    Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2003 was $2.2 million compared to $2.6 million of depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2002. The decrease resulted from the impairment of property, plant and equipment that we recorded in 2002.

Interest Expense, Net.    Interest expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2003 was $0.6 million compared to $2.2 million, net for the three months ended March 31, 2002. Interest expense was generated as a result of borrowings under our senior secured credit facility and our outstanding capital lease obligations and was lower as a result of reduced amount of our indebtedness from our recapitalization transactions.

Preferred Stock Dividends.    For the three months ended March 31, 2002, we accrued approximately $28,000 in non-cash dividends on our Series H preferred stock, payable in the form of additional shares of preferred stock, based on the closing price per share at the end of the period. All outstanding preferred stock was converted into common stock as part of our recapitalization during the fourth quarter of 2002, and as a result there were no preferred stock dividends recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2003.

Net Loss Applicable to Common Stockholders.    We reported a net loss applicable to common stockholders of $11.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003, compared to a loss of $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002. The increase is a result of the aforementioned changes in our operations and non-recurring charges recorded in the first quarter of 2003 of $9.0 million related to early extinguishments of debt.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

To date, we have financed our operations through direct equity investments from our stockholders, the issuance of additional debt and equity securities in private transactions and by arranging a senior secured credit facility with a group of lenders. We incurred a loss from operations and a net loss applicable to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2003 of $10.6 million and $11.2 million, respectively, compared to a loss from operations and a net loss applicable to common stockholders $2.3 million and $4.5 million, respectively, for the first quarter of 2002. During the first quarter of 2003, cash provided by operating activities was $0.4 million, and cash purchases of property, plant and equipment were $0.3 million, compared to cash used to fund operations of $3.7 million and $0.3 million for cash purchases of property, plant and equipment for the first quarter of 2002.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2003, we received $2.3 million in net cash proceeds from financing activities, primarily in connection with our recapitalization on January 10, 2003. During the three months ended March 31, 2002, we received $2.7 million in net cash proceeds from financing activities. Proceeds from the issuance of equity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2003 were $3.5 million, of which $2.3 million has been segregated as restricted cash to secure outstanding letters of credit. On January 10, 2003, we issued 4,617,151 shares of our common stock to certain lenders at a price of $3.00 per share in satisfaction of approximately $13.4 million of indebtedness, and we issued 972,222 shares of our common stock to certain investors at a price of $3.60 per share. These transactions are further described below.

On January 10, 2003, we completed a series of transactions with the lenders under our credit facility. Pursuant to the terms of three debt exchange agreements between us and each of Bank One, N.A., Nortel Networks Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc., we issued 4,617,151 shares of our common stock to these lenders at a price of $3.00 per share, in satisfaction of approximately $13.4 million of indebtedness, representing all of the outstanding principal indebtedness and accrued interest owing to these lenders under our credit facility.

We also entered into a common stock purchase agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with certain investors, pursuant to which we issued to the investors in a private offering an aggregate of 972,222 shares of common stock for a price of $3.60 per share, for an aggregate cash consideration of $3.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, we also issued to such investors warrants to purchase an additional 1,895,652 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.60 per share with a term of five years. Concurrently with the other transactions occurring on January 10, 2003, the investors also purchased 9,820,061 shares of common stock from the three lenders departing from the credit facility in a privately negotiated transaction for an aggregate cash consideration of $9.0 million.

In connection with the purchase agreement with the investors, we entered into a registration rights agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with the investors which required us to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the registration of all of the shares of common stock issued under the purchase agreement and the shares that the investors purchased from the departing lenders. These shares were also included in the registration statement that was declared effective on February 20, 2003.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the debt exchange agreements, we executed a ninth amendment to our credit agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the rights and obligations of the departing lenders under the credit facility terminated, subject to standard reinstatement and survival provisions. As a condition to the lenders entering into this amendment, we agreed to reduce the exercise price of certain warrants previously issued to and held by the lenders to purchase approximately 2,544,974 shares of common stock from $3.60 per share to $0.03 per share. All of the repriced warrants were immediately exercised by the lenders. In addition pursuant to a security agreement and a securities account control agreement, we agreed to deposit approximately $2.3 million in a restricted account as cash collateral to secure the assumption by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch of the departing lenders’ funding obligations for our outstanding letters of credit, which totaled approximately $6.1 million.

As of March 31, 2003, we have $22.1 million of indebtedness outstanding under our credit facility, which reflects the total amount available under the credit facility. The weighted average interest rate on our outstanding borrowings under the facility is 5.17%, and we were in full compliance with all of the covenants contained in the credit agreement underlying the facility as of March 31, 2003. Non-compliance with any of the covenants, requirements, or other terms and conditions under the credit agreement constitutes an event of default and potentially accelerates the outstanding balance of the credit facility for immediate payment.

In addition, we have approximately 35.2 million shares of common stock outstanding, or approximately 41.6 million shares of common stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis, assuming the exercise of all outstanding options and warrants.

On March 17, 2003, we entered into an agreement to terminate all of our capital lease obligations for a payment of $85,000. This termination of our capital lease obligations resulted in a gain on early extinguishments of debt of approximately $0.8 million, recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2003.

We anticipate spending approximately $2.0 million in capital expenditures during 2003, primarily for the implementation of customer orders. We have substantially completed the deployment of our FINs, carrier hotel facilities and metropolitan transport networks. We may expend additional capital for the selected expansion of our network infrastructure, depending upon market conditions, customer demand and our liquidity and capital resources.

We believe that the completion of the transactions that constituted our recapitalization significantly enhanced our liquidity and improved our financial position. Under our current operating plan, we do not anticipate requiring any external sources of capital to fund our operations in the coming year. However if actual results vary from the anticipated results of our operating plan, we may not be able to fund our operating and investing activities with internally generated cash flows, and we may require external sources of capital. From time to time, we may consider private or public sales of additional equity or debt securities and other financings, depending upon market conditions, in order to finance the continued operations of our business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully consummate any such financing on acceptable terms, if at all. We do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, nor do we anticipate entering into any.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”. The statement requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity capitalizes a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its then present value, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for its recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002, with earlier application encouraged. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on our results of operations.

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The statement replaces SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to Be Disposed Of”, although it retains the impairment testing methodology used in SFAS No. 121. The accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, “Reporting the Results of Operations—Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions”, are superceded by SFAS No. 144, except that the statement preserves the requirement of APB Opinion No. 30 to report discontinued operations separately from continuing operations. The statement covers a variety of implementation issues inherent in SFAS No. 121, unifies the framework used in accounting for assets to be disposed of and discontinued operations, and broadens the reporting of discontinued operations to include all components of an entity with operations that can be distinguished from the rest of the entity and that will be eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity in a disposal transaction. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. We adopted SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 144 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, “Rescission of FASB Statements 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement 13, and Technical Corrections”. SFAS No. 145 rescinds the provisions of SFAS No. 4 that requires companies to classify certain gains and losses from debt extinguishments as extraordinary items, eliminates the provisions of SFAS No. 44 regarding transition to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and amends the provisions of SFAS No. 13 to require that certain lease modifications be treated as sale leaseback transactions. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to classification of debt extinguishment are effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. As a result of the adoption of this statement, we classified debt extinguishment costs incurred during the first quarter of 2003 within income from operations and will reclassify previously reported debt extinguishments as such. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to lease modification are effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities”. SFAS No. 146 nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in as Restructuring)”. The principal difference between SFAS No. 146 and EITF No. 94-3 relates to its requirements for recognition of a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under EITF No. 94-3, a liability for an exit cost was recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan. SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit and disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 146 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure—an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123”, to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In addition, this statement amends the disclosure requirements of Statement No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Financial Interpretation Number (“FIN”) No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57 and 107 and rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34. FIN No. 45 elaborates on the disclosures to be made by the guarantor in its interim and annual financial statements about its obligations under certain guarantees that it has issued. The initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of this interpretation did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Certain Facts That May Affect Future Results of Operations

This report contains certain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that there can be no assurance that actual results or business conditions will not differ materially from those projected or suggested in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. As a result, our future operations involve a high degree of risk. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our exposure to financial market risk, including changes in interest rates, relates primarily to our credit facility and marketable security investments. Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at floating rates, based upon LIBOR or a base rate plus an applicable margin. As a result, we are subject to fluctuations in interest rates. A 100 basis point increase in LIBOR would increase our annual interest expense by less than $1.0 million per year. As of March 31, 2003, we had borrowed $22.1 million under our credit facility, with a current weighted average interest rate of 5.17%.

On January 2, 2002, we entered into an interest rate swap transaction with Deutsche Bank AG for a notional amount of $25.0 million and a term of two years. Pursuant to this transaction, we were obligated to make quarterly interest payments at a fixed, annual interest rate of 3.7%. Because such interest rate excluded the applicable margin of 4.5% that we paid on our credit facility at the time, the total interest rate for us on this swap transaction was 8.2%. As part of this agreement, Deutsche Bank AG was obligated to pay to us on a quarterly basis a floating rate of interest based upon LIBOR with a designated maturity of three months. On March 20, 2002, we terminated this interest rate swap transaction with Deutsche Bank AG with no payments or other amounts owed by either party. As a result, all of our outstanding borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a floating rate.

We generally place our marketable security investments in high credit quality instruments, primarily U.S. government obligations and corporate obligations with contractual maturities of less than one year. We operate only in the United States, and all sales have been made in U.S. dollars. We do not have any material exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Item 4.     Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    The Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c)) on May 12, 2003, have concluded that, based on such evaluation, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, was made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was being prepared.

Changes in Internal Controls.    There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, nor were there any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. Accordingly, no corrective actions were required or undertaken.

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.     Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 2.     Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

On January 10, 2003, we completed a series of transactions with the lenders under our credit facility. Pursuant to the terms of three debt exchange agreements between us and each of Bank One, N.A., Nortel Networks Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc., we issued 4,617,151 shares of our common stock to these lenders at a price of $3.00 per share, in satisfaction of approximately $13.4 million of indebtedness, representing all of the outstanding principal indebtedness and accrued interest owing to these lenders under our credit facility.

We also entered into a common stock purchase agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with certain investors, pursuant to which we issued to the investors in a private offering an aggregate of 972,222 shares of common stock for a price of $3.60 per share, for an aggregate cash consideration of $3.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, we also issued to such investors warrants to purchase an additional 1,895,652 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.60 per share with a term of five years. Concurrently with the other transactions occurring on January 10, 2003, the investors also purchased 9,820,061 shares of common stock from the three lenders departing from the credit facility in a privately negotiated transaction for an aggregate cash consideration of $9.0 million.

In connection with the purchase agreement with the investors, we entered into a registration rights agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with the investors which required us to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the registration of all of the shares of common stock issued under the purchase agreement and the shares that the investors purchased from the departing lenders. These shares were also included in the registration statement that was declared effective on February 20, 2003.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the debt exchange agreements, we executed a ninth amendment to our credit agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the rights and obligations of the departing lenders under the credit facility terminated, subject to standard reinstatement and survival provisions. As a condition to the lenders entering into this amendment, we agreed to reduce the exercise price of certain warrants previously issued to and held by the lenders to purchase approximately 2,544,974 shares of common stock from $3.60 per share to $0.03 per share. All of the repriced warrants were immediately exercised by the lenders. In addition pursuant to a security agreement and a securities account control agreement, we agreed to deposit approximately $2.3 million in a restricted account as cash collateral to secure the assumption by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch of the departing lenders’ funding obligations for our outstanding letters of credit, which totaled approximately $6.1 million.

Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On February 13, 2003, a group of stockholders holding a total of 20,587,209 shares, representing 59.0% of the outstanding shares of our voting stock as of February 3, 2003, took action by written consent to approve: (i) the amendment and restatement of our Equity Incentive Plan; (ii) for purposes of the NASD Marketplace Rules, the issuance of shares of our common stock in an amount greater that 20% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of such issuance, to certain investors in connection with our January 10, 2003 issuance of warrants; and (iii) for purposes of the NASD Marketplace Rules, the issuance of shares of our common stock in an amount greater than 20% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of such issuance, to certain investors in connection with our October 30, 2002 issuance of common stock upon conversion of all the then-outstanding shares of our Series H preferred stock. The actions described above are contained in the Information Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2003. These actions described in such Information Statement became effective on May 7, 2003.

Item 5.     Other Information

None.

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Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a) The following documents are filed herewith as part of this Form 10-Q:

Exhibit 3.12 – Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 8, 2003.

Exhibit 10.57 – Agreement of Lease, between Westport Communications, LLC and us, dated as of April 1, 2001, including amendments dated January 30, 2002, November 7, 2002 and April 1, 2003.

Exhibit 99.1 – Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.2 – Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.3 – Section 906 Certification

(b) The following reports were filed on Form 8-K, under Item 5, during the quarter ended March 31, 2003:

On January 13, 2003, we filed a report regarding our debt conversion to common stock and our private placement of common stock, both of which occurred on January 10, 2003.

On January 16, 2003, we filed a report amending certain exhibits to the report filed on January 13, 2003.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 12, 2003

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FIBERNET TELECOM GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(DOLLARS IN 000’S)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.

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FIBERNET TELECOM GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(DOLLARS IN 000’S, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.

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FIBERNET TELECOM GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(DOLLARS IN 000’S)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.

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FIBERNET TELECOM GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1.    ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “FiberNet”) is an optical, facilities-based communications service provider focused on providing wholesale broadband connectivity for data, voice and video transmission on its state-of-the-art fiber optic networks in major metropolitan areas. The Company offers an advanced high bandwidth, fiber optic solution to support the demand for network capacity in the intra-city market, or local loop. The Company has established its primary operations in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.

FiberNet is a holding company that owns all of the outstanding common stock of FiberNet Operations Inc., a Delaware corporation and an intermediate level holding company, and Devnet, L.L.C. (“Devnet”), a Delaware limited liability company. FiberNet Operations, Inc. owns all of the outstanding common stock of FiberNet Telecom Inc., a Delaware corporation. FiberNet Telecom, Inc. owns all of the outstanding membership interests of Local Fiber, LLC (“Local Fiber”), a New York limited liability company, and all of the outstanding membership interests of FiberNet Equal Access, LLC (“Equal Access”), also a New York limited liability company. The Company conducts its primary business operations through its operating subsidiaries, Devnet, Local Fiber and Equal Access.

The Company has agreements with other entities, including telecommunications license agreements with on-net building landlords, interconnection agreements with other telecommunications service providers and leases with carrier hotel property owners. FiberNet also has entered into contracts with suppliers for the components of its telecommunications networks. These contracts and agreements are critical to the Company’s ability to execute its business strategy and operating plan.

The Company’s operations and ability to grow may be affected by numerous factors, including the difficulty inherent in operating an early-stage company in a new and rapidly evolving market; its history of operating losses and cash flow deficits; its limited financial resources and uncertainty as to the availability of additional capital to fund its operations on acceptable terms, if at all; its success in maintaining carrier hotel lease agreements and license agreements with building owners and in obtaining additional agreements; the financial difficulties and instability that its customers and vendors are experiencing; the lack of growth in demand for its services or the failure to manage the growth of its operations; the frequency of service interruptions on its networks and the scalability and reliability of its networks; the potential occurrence of a natural disaster of act of terrorism that could impact its networks; the potential loss of key personnel, information support systems or key software licenses; the potential for litigation from stockholders, customers, vendors or other third parties; continued pricing pressure and price competition for its services; the potential development by competitors of competing products and technologies; restrictions imposed on it as a result of its debt; and changes in the regulatory environment. The failure of the Company to achieve certain operational results would violate certain debt covenants thereby potentially accelerating the outstanding balance for immediate payment.

The Company believes that the completion of the transactions that constituted its recapitalization, as discussed in Note 4, significantly enhanced its liquidity and improved its financial position. Under FiberNet’s current operating plan, it does not anticipate requiring any external sources of capital to fund its operations in the coming year. However if actual results vary from the anticipated results of its operating plan, it may not be able to fund operating and investing activities with internally generated cash flows, and the Company may require external sources of capital. From time to time, FiberNet may consider private or public sales of additional equity or debt securities and other financings, depending upon market conditions, in order to finance the continued operations of its business. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully consummate any such financing on acceptable terms, or at all. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, nor does it anticipate entering into any.

2.    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, FiberNet Operations, Inc., Devnet, FiberNet Telecom, Inc., Equal Access and Local Fiber. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals necessary for a fair presentation of the operating results have been included in the consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

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requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased. The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short maturity of the instruments.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, once placed in service. The estimated lives are as follows:

Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Long-term improvements are capitalized as additions to property, plant and equipment.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews the carrying value of long-lived assets for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss would be recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the assets.

Revenue Recognition

FiberNet generates revenues from selling network capacity and related services to other communications service providers. The Company recognizes revenues when earned as services are provided throughout the life of each contract with a customer. The majority of the Company’s revenues are generated on a monthly recurring basis under contracts of various lengths, ranging from one month to fifteen years. Revenue is recognized over the service contract period for all general services. Deferred revenues consist primarily of payments received in advance of revenue being earned under the service contracts. Most of its customers are obligated to make minimum payments for the utilization of its networks and facilities. Customers may elect to purchase additional services in excess of minimum contractual requirements.

Revenues are derived from three general types of services:

Transport services.    FiberNet’s transport services include the offering of broadband circuits on its metropolitan transport networks and FINs. Over the Company’s metropolitan transport networks, it can provision circuits from one of its carrier point facilities to another carrier point facility or to an on-net building via an interconnection with its FIN in that building. The Company can also provision circuits vertically between floors in a carrier point facility or an on-net building. In 2003, the Company also initiated a new type of transport service offering to provide its customers with circuits on networks that it does not own. The Company intends to sell this connectivity to its customers and purchase the underlying circuits from other wholesale telecommunications carriers. With this new initiative, FiberNet believes that it can better serve the broader network capacity needs of its customers than the Company is currently able to on its own networks.

Colocation services.    FiberNet’s colocation services include providing customers with the ability to locate their communications and networking equipment at its carrier point facilities in a secure technical operating environment. The Company can also provide its customers with colocation services in the central equipment rooms of certain of its on-net and off-net buildings. Typically, if a customer colocates its equipment at our facilities, FiberNet’s agreement with them may include a minimum commitment to use its transport services.

Communications access management services.    FiberNet’s access management services include providing its customers with the non-exclusive right to market and provide their retail services to tenants in its on-net and off-net buildings. Customers typically enter into an agreement with the Company to gain access to all or a significant number of its properties. For certain of its on-net and off-net buildings, the Company has the exclusive right to manage communications access. Once a customer has entered into an agreement

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with the Company for access services, it typically requires that customer to utilize its in-building networking infrastructure for connectivity to its retail customers, if such networking infrastructure is available.

As of March 31, 2003 the Company had one reciprocal agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2002 the Company had two such reciprocal agreements, one of which was terminated during that period. The services provided and obtained through this agreement were priced at fair market value as of the date of the agreement and are included in revenues and cost of services in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Company recorded revenues from these reciprocal agreements for transport services and colocation services in the amount of approximately $0.1 million, and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The Company leased colocation facilities under these agreements. The total amounts expensed for services rendered under the reciprocal agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2002 were approximately $0.1 million, and $0.4 million, respectively.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company estimates that the carrying value of its financial instruments approximates fair value, as all financial instruments are short term in nature or bear interest at variable rates.

Goodwill

Cost in excess of net assets of acquired business, principally goodwill, is accounted for under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 142, which is applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS No. 142, which was adopted by the Company effective January 1, 2002, requires that goodwill and certain intangible assets resulting from business combinations entered into prior to June 30, 2001 no longer be amortized, but instead be reviewed for recoverability. Any write-down of goodwill would be charged as a cumulative change in accounting principle upon adoption of the new accounting standard if the recorded value of goodwill and certain intangibles exceeds its fair value. The Company performs its annual impairment test in December.

Deferred Charges

Deferred charges include the cost to access buildings and deferred financing costs. Costs to access buildings are amortized over 15 years, which represents the term of the related contracts. Deferred financing costs are amortized over the term of the related debt instrument.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share have been computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by including the dilutive effect on common stock that would be issued assuming conversion of stock options, warrants and other dilutive securities. Dilutive options, warrants and other securities did not have an effect on the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, as they were anti-dilutive.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company has concentration of credit risk among its customer base. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial conditions. As of March 31, 2003, two customers accounted for 23.9% of the Company’s total accounts receivable, and as of December 31, 2002, one customer accounted for 15.2% of the Company’s total accounts receivable.

For the three months ended March 31, 2002, two customers in the aggregate accounted for 31.4% of the Company’s total revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2003, there were no individual customers that accounted for over 10% of the Company’s total revenue.

As of March 31, 2003, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2003, there were no write-offs in the allowance for doubtful accounts, and there were no charges to bad debt expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2002, the Company recorded $0.1 million of bad debt expense.

Stock Option Plan

The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements in accordance with provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and complies with the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” as amended by SFAS No. 148. Under APB Opinion No. 25, compensation expense is based on the difference, if any, on the date of grant, between the fair value of the Company’s stock and the exercise price. The Company accounts for stock options issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123.

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The resulting expense is charged against operations ratably over the vesting period of the options.

Accounting for Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires the use of the liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes. Under this method, deferred income taxes represent the net tax effect of temporary differences between carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amount used for income tax purposes. Additionally, if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to be recognized.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, as amended (“SFAS No. 133”). SFAS No. 133 establishes standards of accounting and reporting for derivative instruments and hedging activities, and requires that all derivatives be recognized on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not meet the hedge accounting criteria are to be reporting in earnings. SFAS No. 133 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as the Company did not have any derivative instrument contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2002, or March 31, 2003.

On January 2, 2002 the Company entered into an interest rate swap transaction with Deutsche Bank AG for a notional amount of $25.0 million and a term of two years. Pursuant to this transaction, the Company was obligated to make quarterly interest payments at a fixed, annual interest rate of 3.7%, excluding the applicable margin that it paid on its credit facility. As part of this agreement, Deutsche Bank AG was obligated to pay to the Company on a quarterly basis a floating rate of interest based upon LIBOR with a designated maturity of three months. On March 20, 2002, the Company terminated this interest rate swap transaction with Deutsche Bank AG with no payments or other amounts owed by either party. As a result, all of its outstanding borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a floating rate.

Segment Reporting

The Company is a single segment operating company providing telecommunications services.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”. The statement requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity capitalizes a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its then present value, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for its recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002, with earlier application encouraged. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on its results of operations.

        In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, “Rescission of FASB Statements 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement 13, and Technical Corrections”. SFAS No. 145 rescinds the provisions of SFAS No. 4 that requires companies to classify certain gains and losses from debt extinguishments as extraordinary items, eliminates the provisions of SFAS No. 44 regarding transition to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and amends the provisions of SFAS No. 13 to require that certain lease modifications be treated as sale leaseback transactions. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to classification of debt extinguishment are effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. Commencing January 1, 2003, the Company classified debt extinguishment costs within income from operations and will reclassify previously reported debt extinguishments as such. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to lease modification are effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002.

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In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities”. SFAS No. 146 nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in as Restructuring)”. The principal difference between SFAS No. 146 and EITF No. 94-3 relates to its requirements for recognition of a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under EITF No. 94-3, a liability for an exit cost was recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan. SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit and disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In November 2002, the FASB issued Financial Interpretation Number (“FIN”) No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57 and 107 and rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34. FIN No. 45 elaborates on the disclosures to be made by the guarantor in its interim and annual financial statements about its obligations under certain guarantees that it has issued. The initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

3.    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (dollars in thousands):

Depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment was $2.2 million, and $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

4.    SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

On January 10, 2003, the Company completed certain transactions with the lenders under its credit facility. Pursuant to the terms of three debt exchange agreements between the Company and each of Bank One, N.A., Nortel Networks Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc., the Company has issued 4,617,151 shares of its common stock to these three lenders at a price of $3.00 per share, in satisfaction of approximately $13.4 million of indebtedness, representing all of the outstanding principal indebtedness and accrued interest owing to these departing lenders under the Company’s credit agreement.

The Company also entered into a common stock purchase agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company issued to the investors in a private offering an aggregate of 972,222 shares of common stock for a price of $3.60 per share, for an aggregate cash consideration of $3.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the investor purchase agreement, the Company also issued to such investors warrants to purchase an additional 1,895,659 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.60 per share with a term of five years. The Company recorded a $0.7 million charge to additional paid-in-capital which represented the costs incurred to complete this offering. Concurrently with the transactions described above, the investors also purchased 9,820,061 shares of common stock from the departing lenders in a privately negotiated transaction for an aggregate cash consideration of $9.0 million.

In connection with the investor purchase agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, with the investors which required the Company to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the registration of all of the shares of common stock issued under the investor purchase agreement and the shares that the investors purchased from the departing lenders. This registration statement was declared effective on February 20, 2003.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the debt exchange agreements, the Company and the lenders executed a ninth amendment to the credit agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the rights and obligations of the departing lenders under the credit facility terminated, subject to standard reinstatement and survival provisions. As a condition to the lenders entering

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into this amendment, the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of certain warrants previously issued to and held by the lenders to purchase approximately 2,544,974 shares of common stock from $3.60 per share to $0.03 per share. All of the repriced warrants were immediately exercised by the lenders. In addition pursuant to a security agreement and a securities account control agreement, the Company agreed to deposit approximately $2.3 million in a restricted account as cash collateral to secure the assumption by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch of the departing lenders’ funding obligations for the Company’s outstanding letters of credit, which total approximately $6.1 million.

The Company evaluated the above transactions under the guidance of Financial Technical Bulletin (“FTB”) No. 80-1 “Early Extinguishment of Debt through Exchange for Common or Preferred Stock”. The Company recorded a charge of $9.7 million related to the early extinguishment of debt for the difference between the net carrying amount of debt that was extinguished and the reacquisition price represented by the total fair market value of the common stock issued and the fair market value of the warrants that were repriced and exercised. The fair value given in exchange for $13.4 million in long term debt was 4.6 million shares of common stock with a fair market value of $3.60 per share on the date of issuance, the issuance of 2.2 million warrants with an exercise price of $3.60 per share with terms between one and five years valued at $7.9 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model on the date of issuance, and the repricing of 3.0 million existing warrants from $3.60 to $0.03 valued at $2.0 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model on the date of issuance. Also included in this loss is $1.0 million in fees associated with the consummation of the recapitalization. As this extinguishment of debt represented approximately 38.1% of the outstanding balance, the Company wrote-off the same percentage of deferred financing charges and original issue discount of $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, which is also included in its calculation of loss on early extinguishment of debt. The Company also recorded certain non-recurring expenses incurred in connection with the recapitalization transactions. These expenses included compensation to financial advisors in the form of a cash fee of approximately $0.8 million and the issuance of 0.3 million warrants with an exercise price of $0.03 and with a term of five years valued at $1.2 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model on the date of issuance.

As of March 31, 2003, the Company had $22.1 million of indebtedness outstanding under its senior secured credit facility which reflected the total amount available under the credit facility. The three remaining lenders under the Company’s credit facility owned approximately 30% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

In February 2003, the Company settled certain litigation matters by issuing approximately 43,000 shares of common stock, 0.2 million warrants to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $0.03 per share and a term of five years and approximately 18,000 warrants to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $3.60 per share and a term of five years. The Company also repriced 0.5 million of existing warrants to purchase common stock from exercise prices of $15.00 and $20.10 per share to $0.03 per share. These warrants also have a term of five years. As a result of the settlement of these certain outstanding litigation matters, FiberNet recorded a $0.6 million expense in selling, general and administration recorded in the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2002.

On March 17, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement to terminate all of its capital lease obligations for a payment of $85,000. This termination of its capital lease obligations resulted in a gain on early extinguishment of debt of approximately $0.8 million, recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2003. This amount partially offset the loss on early extinguishments of debt, discussed above.

5.    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On May 7, 2003, the Company announced its pending 1-for-30 reverse stock split previously approved by stockholders. The effective date of the split is May 12, 2003. The financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split as of March 31, 2003.

In a definitive Information Statement filed on April 17, 2003, a majority of the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to, among other things (i) increase the number of shares available for awards under the Plan to 5,500,000, (ii) eliminate a provision that limited awards of restricted stock to 10% of the shares available for issuance under the Plan, and (iii) increase to 3,333,333 the maximum number of shares of common stock subject to awards that may be granted to an individual in any given fiscal year. The Information Statement became effective on May 7, 2003.

As of April 1, 2003 FiberNet amended a real estate lease to reduce the rent payments thereunder indefinitely. Upon reaching a revenue threshold, the rent expense will increase by approximately $3.0 million on an annual basis. Due to the uncertainty in forecasting future revenues, the Company does not have a reasonable basis to estimate when the revenue threshold will be reached and has not accrued for a contingent increase in rent as of March 31, 2003.