Exhibit 3(i).1

               Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed October 24, 2000.




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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                          AMERICAN COMMUNICATION ENTERPRISES, INC.


AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS  ENTERPRISES,  INC. a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Nevada (the "Corporation"), in order to amend its
Articles of  Incorporation  in accordance  with the  requirements of Chapter 78,
Nevada Statutes, does hereby certify as follows:

1.    The Articles of  Incorporation of the Corporation were filed by the
Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on October 29, 1998 and amended
on October 11, 2000.

2.    The amendment to the Articles of  Incorporation  being effected hereby
will completely delete Article  Fourth of the Articles of  Incorporation
as of the date hereof,  and substitute in its place the Article Fourth set
forth below.

3.    This  amendment  to the  Articles  of  Incorporation  was  approved
by the  Board  of Directors on  October 12,  2000.  The number of shares of
the  Corporation  outstanding  and  entitled to vote on  an  amendment
to  the  Articles  of  Incorporation  at  the  time  of  the  amendment  was
18,487,888.  The  amendment  has been  consented  to and  approved by the
affirmative  vote of  shareholders holding  at least a majority of each class
of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

4.    These  Articles of  Amendment  of the  Articles of  Incorporation  shall
be  effective immediately  upon  filing by the  Secretary  of State of the
State of Nevada,  and  thereafter,  Article Fourth of the  Articles of
Incorporation shall read ad follows:

      FOURTH That the total  number of voting  common  stock  authorized
      that may be issued by the Corporation  is 500 million  shares of stock,
      par value $0.001,  and no other class of stock shall be authorized.
      Said  shares  may be  fixed  from  time to time by the  Board  of
      Directors.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES, INC. has
caused these Articles of Amendments of the Articles of  Incorporation to be
executed by its president and secretary this 12th day of October, 2000.

                                          AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS
                                              ENTERPRISES, INC.



                                          By: /s/ Dain L. Schult, President

                                          By: /s/ Sherry R. Schult, Secretary









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