-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- / / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287 LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31, 2001 SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5 CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------- INSTRUCTION 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name ~~and~~AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner ~~Rand~~Kluge ~~David~~John W. Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. ("MFNX") ---- ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Officer (give Other (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify Number of Reporting Month/Year below) below Person (Voluntary) ~~Senior Vice President AboveNet Communications Inc., 50 W. San Fernando Street November 2000~~ ----------------- ------------------ c/o Metromedia Company, 215 East 67th Street March 2001 -------------------------------------------- --------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Street) 5. If Amendment, (Check Applicable Line) Date of Original X Form filed by One Reporting Person (Month/Year) ___Form filed by More than One ~~San~~New ~~Jose~~York ~~California~~New ~~95113~~York 10021 Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature (Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- (Month/ End of (D) or ficial Day/ ------------------------------------------- Month Indirect Owner- Year) (A) or (I) ship Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) and 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~See~~Class ~~Attached~~A ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Common ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Stock ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~3/22/2001 A 3,727,100 A $0.1231 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " 3/22/2001 G 1,250,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2,477,100 (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) In addition, as reported on Table II of this Form 4, Mr. Kluge beneficially owns options to purchase 1,863,550 shares of the Company's Class A common stock and indirectly beneficially owns 62,924,096 shares of the company's Class B common stock. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. In addition, as reported on Table II of this Form 4, Rand holds options to purchase 1,900,807 shares of Issuer Class A common stock at exercise prices ranging from $2.13 per share to $28.56 per share. Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (73-9799) POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.

FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer- (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex- Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date Price of (Month/ posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year) ative Year) Security -------------------- Date Expira- -------------------------------------- Exer- tion cisable Date Code V (A) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Option~~Options to Buy $2.581231 ~~11/~~3/~~2000~~22/2001 M 13,~~750~~727,100 128/181/~~1998~~98 ~~12/18/2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " $11.1040 11/3/2000 M~~ 8~~,250 3~~/191/~~1999~~2007 ~~3/19/2009~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Options ~~$2.128~~to ~~11/3/2000~~Buy ~~M 10,000 8/18/1998 8/18/2008~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Class ~~$2.128~~B ~~11/7/2000~~Common MStock ~~20,000 " "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~" $2.128 11/21/2000 M 26,918 " "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~" $2.128 11/22/2000 M 26,919 " "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Option to Buy~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature lying Securities of of Deriv- ship of In- (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form direct ative Securi- of De- Bene- Secur- ties rivative ficial ity Bene- Secu- Own- (Instr. ficially rity: ership 5) Owned Direct (Instr. 4) at End (D) or Amount or of Indi- Title Number of Month rect (I) Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common ~~1,750~~Stock ~~$2.58~~D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Class 8A Common Stock 700,~~250~~000 ~~$11.1040~~D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Class 10A Common Stock 62,~~000~~924,096 ~~$2.128~~I* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~" 20,000 "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~" 26,918 "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~" 26,919 "~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Class A Common 1,900,807 D~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: * Owned by Metromedia Company, of which Mr. Kluge is a general partner. /s/ ~~David~~John ~~Rand~~W. ~~December~~Kluge 8,4/9/01 ~~2000~~ ------------------------------- ---- -----------~~---~~ **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute **Signature of Reporting Person Date Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ~~David Rand~~ Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained John W. Kluge in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2 SEC 1474 (73-9799)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Ownership Nature of Code Securities Amount of Form: Direct Indirect Title Of Transaction Acquired or Disposed Of Securities Beneficially (D) or Beneficial Security Date Code V Amount A/D Price Owned At End of Month Indirect (I) Ownership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common 11/3/2000 A 1,750 A $2.58 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/3/2000 A 8,250 A $11.1040 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/3/2000 A 10,000 A $2.128 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/3/2000 S 10,000 D $21.4625 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/7/2000 A 20,000 A $2.128 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/7/2000 S 20,000 D $21.8125 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/21/2000 A 26,918 A $2.128 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/21/2000 S 500 D $16.75 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/21/2000 S 26,418 D $16.6875 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/22/2000 A 26,919 A $2.128 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/22/2000 S 10,000 D $14.75 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 11/22/2000 S 16,919 D $14.125 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113,206 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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