Southern Light is a fiber-optic telecommunications company that provides internet access, private lines, colocation, and managed services to customers along the Gulf Coast. It has over 1,850 miles of fiber across four states, with nodes in over 400 cell sites and 9 military installations. Southern Light prides itself on reliable service through hurricanes and fast implementations in crisis situations using its substantial construction assets and dense fiber footprint.

1. Southern Light Company Overview Private Line Internet Access Dark Fiber Colocation Managed Services Professional Services Datacenter EF&I Services Service Offerings Government Telecommunications Carriers Private Enterprise Target Customers South Louisiana Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Hammond, Covington, Slidell, New Orleans Mississippi Gulf Coast Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula Alabama Gulf Coast Mobile, Baldwin County Florida Panhandle Pensacola, Crestview, Fort Walton, Panama City Geographic Footprint Southern Light is a fiber-optic based telecommunications company focused on delivering affordable, high-bandwidth transport over our own fiber optic networks to customers along the Gulf Coast.

2. Southern Light At A Glance Founded 1998 Headquartered in Mobile, Alabama Privately held Provided first lit services 2001 Approximately 1,025 lit nodes - 93 LEC CO’s and IXC POP’s and growing - 400+ cell sites and growing - 9 significant military installations Over 1,850 route miles of fiber across markets in four states

3. Southern Light Target Geography

4. Southern Light Nationally Recognized August 2007 Southern Light ranked #151 3 Year Growth Rate of over 1300% Ranked #1 in Alabama Ranked #1 in Mobile August 2008 Southern Light ranked #433 3 Year Growth Rate of over 700% Ranked #2 in Alabama Ranked #1 in Mobile We are fiercely committed to serving our customers’ dynamic communications needs. As technology rapidly changes, Southern Light will maintain its firm grasp on the most innovative solutions available.” ~ Andy Newton, CEO

5. Southern Light’s Most Valued Attributes Reliable Network through multiple hurricanes TDM and Ethernet Services Fast Implementations in Crisis Substantial Construction Assets Dense Fiber Footprint High Fiber Count Vendor Neutral Network

6. Description Private lit network between at least two points TDM: Traditional T-1, DS-3, OC-X services Ethernet: Metro and Long-Haul Ethernet based services Customer Segments: Enterprise, Government, Carrier Differentiation Benefits Significant list of on-net buildings in area and willingness to build to new locations Custom design and network routing Fiber-based services offer greater reliability Flexible pricing and contracts terms Ability to provide seamless service into ICO territories Provides managed lit services between locations Customers buy only the bandwidth they need Ethernet provides services over Native Ethernet protocols, simplifying and eliminating protocol conversions Southern Light – Private Line

7. Description Internet delivered over fiber Sold in increments of 1 Mbps Customer Segments: Government, Enterprise Differentiation Benefits Scalable from 1 Mbps to 1,000 Mbps Internet sourced directly from multiple Tier 1 providers in multiple markets to provide greater reliability High performance Internet service Reliability of fiber Southern Light – Internet Access

8. Description Managed firewall and router services for customers’ internal networks Network consulting and network design on an hourly basis Customer Segments: Enterprise Differentiation Benefits Brings carrier-class networking skills to the enterprise level Provides integrated package for all customer networking needs – private line, Internet, managed services Keeps customer internal networks running smoothly More economical for many enterprises than hiring permanent staff Provides on-demand professional network design and consulting services to handle heavy-lifting Southern Light – Managed Services

9. Why Southern Light? Why Now? Battle hardened network Focus on highly reliable and scalable data networks Dedicated bandwidth Diverse infrastructure from LEC Simplified ordering, provisioning and billing Faster response time More bandwidth per dollar