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<ACCESSION-NUMBER>0000898318-03-000032
<TYPE>4
<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>1
<PERIOD>20030610
<FILING-DATE>20030916
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SEAZHOLTZ JOHN W
<CIK>0001242428
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>333-40624
<FILM-NUMBER>03898367
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>WESTELL
<STREET2>750 NORTH COMMONS DRIVE
<CITY>AURORA
<STATE>IL
<ZIP>60504
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>ADVANCED SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS INC
<CIK>0001095583
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3661
<IRS-NUMBER>541865834
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>8330 BOONE BLVD 5TH FL
<CITY>VIENNA
<STATE>VA
<ZIP>22182
<PHONE>7034485540
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>8330 BOONE BOULEVARD 5TH FL
<CITY>VIENNA
<STATE>VA
<ZIP>22182
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-06-10</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001095583</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ADVANCED SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ASCX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242428</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SEAZHOLTZ JOHN W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>399 PRINCETON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BRICK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08724</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>

        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.0025 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-06-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>E</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>228943</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>

    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person disposed Common Stock pursuant to the Company's Liquidating Trust Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2003, pursuant to which each of the Company's stockholders automatically became the holder of one unit of beneficial interest in the Liquidating Trust for each share of the Company common stock then held of record by such stockholder.  All outstanding Company shares were automatially deemed canceled.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John Seazholtz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-09-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
