Filed by: Dycom Industries, Inc.

                                This Communication is filed pursuant to Rule 425
                                under The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
                           deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14d-2 of the Securities
                                               Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                    Subject Company: Arguss Communications, Inc.

                                                 Commission File Number: 0-19589

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:

         This news release contains forward-looking statements under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements,
which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the financial
condition, results of operations and businesses of Dycom and Arguss and the
benefits expected to result from the contemplated transaction, are based on
management's current expectation and estimates and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially
from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.

         Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but
are not limited to, the risk that the conditions relating to the required
minimum tender of shares, the approval by the Arguss stockholders of the
subsequent merger (if that approval is necessary) or regulatory clearance might
not be satisfied in a timely manner or at all, risks relating to the timing and
successful completion of technology and product development efforts, integration
of the technologies and businesses of Dycom and Arguss, unanticipated
expenditures, changing relationships with customers, suppliers and strategic
partners, conditions of the economy and other factors described in the most
recent reports on Form 10-Q, most recent reports on Form 10-K and other periodic
reports filed by Dycom and Arguss with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

         Dycom filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Schedule TO, and
Arguss filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the transaction on
January 23, 2002. Dycom and Arguss have also mailed a Prospectus, which is part
of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, the Schedule 14D-9 and related tender
offer materials, to stockholders of Arguss. These documents contain important
information about the transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to
read these documents carefully when they are available. Investors and security
holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents through the
website maintained by the Commission at www.sec.gov. Free copies of these
documents may also be obtained from Dycom by directing a request to Dycom
Industries, Inc., 4440 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410, (561)
627-7171 or to Arguss by directing a request to Arguss Communications, Inc., One
Church Street, Suite 302, Rockville, Maryland 20850.

         In addition to the Registration Statement, Schedule TO, Prospectus and
Schedule 14D-9, Dycom and Arguss file annual, quarterly and special reports,
proxy statements and other information with the Commission. You may read and
copy any reports, statements or other information filed by Dycom or Arguss at
the SEC public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549
or at any of the Commission's other public reference rooms in New York, New York
and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at
800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Dycom's and
Arguss' filings with the Commission are also available to the public from
commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the
Commission at www.sec.gov.

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                SUMMARY ADVERTISEMENT IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer
to sell Shares (as defined below). The Offer (as defined below) is made by the
Prospectus (as defined below) and the related Letter of Transmittal and any
amendments or supplements thereto, and is being made to all holders of Shares.
The Offer, however, is not being made to, nor will Shares be accepted from or on
behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making of the
Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such
jurisdiction. In jurisdictions whose laws require that the Offer be made by a
licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of
Purchaser (as defined below) by Merrill Lynch & Co. (the "Dealer Manager") or by
one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such
jurisdiction.

                                  Notice by
                            Troy Acquisition Corp.
                         a wholly owned subsidiary of
                            Dycom Industries, Inc.
            of its Offer to Exchange 0.3333 Shares of Common Stock
        (Including the Associated Right to Purchase Preferred Shares)
                                      of
                            Dycom Industries, Inc.
                                     for
                    Each Outstanding Share of Common Stock
         (Including the Associated Right to Purchase Preferred Stock)
                                      of
                         Arguss Communications, Inc.

Troy Acquisition Corp. ("Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Dycom Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Parent"), is
offering to exchange 0.3333 shares of Parent's common stock, par value $0.33-1/3
per share, together with the associated right to purchase preferred shares
("Parent Common Stock"), for each outstanding share of common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Arguss Communications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), together with the associated right to purchase
preferred stock issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of November 7,
2001, as amended, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust
Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights" and, together with the Common Stock, the
"Shares"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Prospectus dated January 23, 2002 (the "Prospectus") and related Letter of
Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto,
collectively constitute the "Offer"). Following consummation of the Offer,
Parent intends to effect the Merger described below. Stockholders of record who
tender directly to the Exchange Agent (as defined below) will not be obligated
to pay brokerage fees or commissions or, subject to Instruction 6 of the Letter
of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes, if any, on the purchase of Shares by
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer. Stockholders who hold their Shares through a
broker or bank should consult such institution as to whether it charges any
service fees. Purchaser will pay all charges and expenses of the Dealer Manager,
First Union National Bank, which is acting as exchange agent (the "Exchange
Agent"), and

Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., which is acting as the information
agent (the "Information Agent"), incurred in connection with the Offer.


THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. SHARES
TENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
EXPIRATION OF THE OFFER, BUT NOT DURING ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIOD.





The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (1) there being validly
tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) at
least that number of Shares that represents a majority of the Shares outstanding
on a fully diluted basis (the "Minimum Tender Condition"), (2) the expiration or
termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended and (3) the lenders under the
Company's syndicated credit agreement agreeing to extend their forbearance
agreement until the effective time of the Merger (as defined below). The Offer
is also subject to other conditions. See the section of the Prospectus entitled
"The Offer - Conditions to the Offer".

The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of January 7, 2002 (the "Merger Agreement"), among Parent, Purchaser and the
Company. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that following the
completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver, if permissible, of all
conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law ("Delaware Law"), Purchaser will be merged with and into
the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent. At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective
Time"), each outstanding Share (other than Shares held in the Company's treasury
or Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser or any subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser
immediately before the Effective Time, all of which will be cancelled and other
than Shares held by stockholders who perfect dissenters' appraisal rights, if
available, under Delaware Law) shall be cancelled and converted into the right
to receive the same consideration paid in the Offer, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement is
more fully described in the section of the Prospectus entitled "The Merger
Agreement".

The Board of Directors of the Company (1) has determined that the Merger
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the
Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and the Company's
stockholders, (2) has approved, adopted and declared the advisability of the
Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer
and the Merger, and (3)

recommends that the Company's stockholders accept the Offer and tender their
Shares pursuant thereto.

In connection with the Merger Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company who
are also directors and executive officers of the Company entered into a
stockholders' agreement with Parent, Purchaser and the Company whereby such
stockholders agreed to, among other things, tender their Shares into the Offer.
As of the date hereof, such stockholders own approximately 6.7% of the
outstanding Shares.

For purposes of the Offer, Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted for
exchange, and thereby exchanged, Shares validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn when, as and if Purchaser gives oral or written notice to the Exchange
Agent. Delivery of Parent Common Stock in exchange for Shares pursuant to the
Offer and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be made
by the Exchange Agent as soon as practicable after receipt of such notice. The
Exchange Agent will act as agent for tendering stockholders for the purpose of
receiving shares of Parent Common Stock and cash to be paid in lieu of
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock from Purchaser and transmitting such
shares of Parent Common Stock and cash to validly tendering stockholders. In all
cases, exchange of Shares accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offer will be
made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of (1) certificates
representing such Shares (or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of
such Shares into the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company
("DTC")), (2) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees or an agent's message
(as defined in the Prospectus) in connection with a book-entry transfer and (3)
any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.

The term "Expiration Date" means 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
Wednesday, February 20, 2002, unless and until Purchaser (subject to the terms
and conditions of the Merger Agreement) extends the period of time for which the
Offer is open, in which event the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest
time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, shall expire
prior to the exchange of any Shares. Purchaser may, without the consent of the
Company, extend the Offer beyond the scheduled Expiration Date if, at the
scheduled or extended expiration date of the Offer, (1) any of the conditions to
the Offer have not been satisfied or waived, (2) such extension is required by
any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") applicable to the Offer or any period required by law or (3)
for an aggregate period of not more than 10 business days if all of the
conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived but the number of Shares
validly tendered and not withdrawn equals more than 50%, but less than 90%, of
the outstanding Shares on a fully diluted basis. In addition, Parent and
Purchaser have agreed, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, to extend the Offer if
the Minimum Tender Condition is not met, for up to 15 business days after the
initial scheduled Expiration Date.

Purchaser shall cause any such extension to be made by giving oral or written
notice of such extension to the Exchange Agent, which will be followed by public
announcement thereof no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next
business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date. During any such
extension, all Shares previously tendered and not properly withdrawn will remain
subject to the Offer, subject to the right, if any, to withdraw the Shares.

Tenders of Shares made pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable, except that Shares
tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the final
Expiration Date and, unless theretofore accepted for exchange pursuant to the
Offer, may also be withdrawn at any time after March 23, 2002. For a withdrawal
of tendered Shares to be effective, a written or facsimile transmission notice
of withdrawal must be timely received by the Exchange Agent at one of its
addresses set forth in the Prospectus. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the
name of the person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares
to be withdrawn and the name(s) in which the certificate(s) representing such
Shares are registered, if different from that of the person who tendered such
Shares. If certificates for Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or
otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, the name of the registered holder
and the serial numbers shown on the particular certificate evidencing the Shares
to be withdrawn must also be furnished to the Exchange Agent prior to the
physical release of the Shares to be withdrawn. The signature(s) on the notice
of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an eligible institution (except in the case
of Shares tendered by an eligible institution). If Shares have been tendered
pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal
must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with such
withdrawn Shares and must otherwise comply with DTC's procedures. All questions
as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of notices of withdrawal
will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, and its determination
will be final and binding on all parties.

Purchaser may provide a subsequent offering period in connection with the Offer.
If Purchaser does provide for a subsequent offering period, subject to the
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, Purchaser may elect to extend its
offer to purchase Shares beyond the scheduled Expiration Date for a subsequent
offering period of three business days to 20 business days (the "Subsequent
Offering Period"), if, among other things, upon the expiration of the Offer (1)
all the conditions to Purchaser's obligations to accept for exchange, and to
exchange, the Shares are satisfied or waived and (2) Purchaser immediately
accepts for exchange, and promptly exchanges, all Shares validly tendered (and
not withdrawn) prior to the expiration of the Offer. Shares tendered during the
Subsequent Offering Period may not be withdrawn. Any election by Purchaser to
provide a Subsequent Offering Period may be effected by Purchaser giving oral or
written notice of the Subsequent Offering Period to the Exchange Agent. If
Purchaser decides to provide a Subsequent Offering Period, it will make a public
announcement of the results of the Offer by issuing a press release to the Dow
Jones News Service or the PR Newswire Association, Inc. on the next day after
the previously scheduled Expiration Date and immediately begin the Subsequent
Offering Period.

The information required to be disclosed by paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 14d-6 of
the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
contained in the Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the Offer, the Company has provided Purchaser with the names
and addresses of all record holders of Shares and security position listings of
Shares held in stock depositories. The Prospectus, the related Letter of
Transmittal and other related materials will be mailed to registered holders of
Shares and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust
companies and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees,
appear on the stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants
in a clearing agency's security position listing for subsequent transmittal to
beneficial owners of Shares.

The Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal contain important
information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with
respect to the Offer.

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information
Agent or Dealer Manager at their respective addresses and telephone numbers
listed below. Additional copies of the Prospectus, the related Letter of
Transmittal and other materials related to the Offer may be directed to the
Information Agent at its address and telephone number set forth below, and
copies will be furnished promptly at Purchaser's expense. Purchaser will not pay
any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or any other person (other than
the Dealer Manager, the Exchange Agent and the Information Agent) in connection
with the solicitation of tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:



- ----Georgeson Shareholder Logo Inserted here---



111 Commerce Road
Carlstadt, New Jersey  07072
Banks and Brokers, Call: 1-201-896-1900
All Others, Call Toll Free: 1-877-748-9122

The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Merrill Lynch & Co.

Four World Financial Center
New York, New York 10080
Call Toll Free: 1-866-276-1462

January 23, 2002