EXHIBIT 3.9

                          CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF
                      AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS,
                    PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED STOCK
                                       OF
                          MICROTEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
                             a Delaware corporation


         The undersigned hereby certifies that:

         1.       The name of the corporation is MicroTel International, Inc.

         2.       The corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware on
July 14, 1989.

         3.       The Amended Certificate of Designations, Preferences and
Rights of Preferred Stock (the "Amended Certificate of Designations") which
was filed in the Office of the Delaware Secretary of State on July 1, 1998
requires correction, as permitted by Section 103 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, in that the Amended Certificate of Designations was filed in
error because the Amended Certificate of Designations was filed without
proper approval by the stockholders of the Corporation.

         4.       The Amended Certificate of Designations filed on July 1,
1998 should be rendered null and void.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of
Correction of Amended Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of
Preferred Stock of MicroTel International, Inc. this 20th day of November,
2000.

                                                     /s/ Randolph D. Foote
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                                                     Randolph D. Foote,
                                                     Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer