First Mile Communications to Serve Georgia Power.

Agreement Provides Reliable, High-Capacity Broadband Wireless Services to
More than 6,000 Businesses in Downtown and Midtown Atlanta

ATLANTA, Aug. 7, 2006 – First Mile Communications, a provider of high-capacity broadband wireless solutions, today announced it has entered into a services agreement allowing First Mile to provide communications services to Georgia Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company.

As part of the agreement, First Mile Communications will provide broadband fixed wireless services from Georgia Power’s headquarters, a 27-story building located in downtown Atlanta, to its Metro East Region headquarters, located at 760 Ralph McGill Boulevard in Atlanta. Georgia Power will use this broadband wireless connection to support voice and data communications for 150 employees in its Metro East Region headquarters.

“We are pleased to offer these services to Georgia Power and appreciate the confidence they have in First Mile as a provider of high-capacity voice and data transport services,” said R. Stanley Allen, president of First Mile Communications.

This agreement establishes Georgia Power’s headquarters as a primary hub site for additional broadband wireless connections. From this location, First Mile will be able to reach more than 1,500 buildings within a five-mile radius. First Mile also will be able to connect carrier and enterprise customers from Georgia Power’s headquarters building to any number of carrier hotels via fiber provided by Southern Telecom, another wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company.

“Having the Georgia Power headquarters building as a primary hub site in conjunction with First Mile enables us to offer our current and future customers affordable and reliable expanded fixed wireless reach into areas of downtown and midtown Atlanta,” said Ben Easterling, business development manager for Southern Telecom. “From this site, Southern Telecom and First Mile will be able to offer reliable high-capacity broadband wireless services to more than 6,000 businesses housed in buildings within a five-mile radius through Southern Telecom’s new Wireless Lateral ™ service offering.”

About First Mile
First Mile Communications provides turnkey installation and operation of high-capacity scalable and secure wireless links in metropolitan Atlanta. First Mile transmits from strategically located hub sites using state-of-the-art equipment, sources FCC-licensed spectrum, provides roof and access rights, cabling and customer premise equipment. These links offer complete route diversity and redundancy from land-based telecommunications providers. First Mile was founded by R. Stanley Allen and Michael O. McCollum, experienced telecommunications executives. First Mile works closely with Southern Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company that provides long haul and metropolitan dark fiber and related services throughout the Southeast. For more information on First Mile, visit www.firstmile.com.

About Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company that provides long-haul and metropolitan dark fiber connecting Atlanta with other smaller cities throughout the Southeast. The company also provides network elements such as rights of way, dark fiber, conduit, co-location and other related maintenance services. Southern Telecom is certified in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and also at the federal level. For more information about Southern Telecom, please call (404) 506-5120 or visit www.southern-telecom.com.

About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity. The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility, serving customers in 57,000 of the state’s 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power’s rates are well below the national average and its 2.25 million customers are in all but four of Georgia’s 159 counties. Visit www.southerncompany.com/gapower.

About Southern Company
With 4.3 million customers and more than 40,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast, one of America’s fastest-growing regions. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are significantly below the national average. Southern Company has received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction among U.S. electric service providers for the seventh consecutive year by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

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