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ENTER TO WIN “THE FISHING TRIP OF A LIFETIME” PRESENTED BY SOUTHERNLINC WIRELESS
Company launches sweepstakes offering exclusive fishing trip with professional fishermen O’Neill Williams and Tom Mann, Jr.

ATLANTA – April 1, 2007 – Get out your rod and reel! SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today launched “The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime” sweepstakes. Professional bass fisherman Tom Mann, Jr. and outdoor enthusiast and television personality O’Neill Williams have joined together to take one lucky winner and a guest on an all-expenses paid fishing trip off of St. Simons Island, Ga. This is the first time the pair has worked together on a trip of this kind.

“The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime” sweepstakes offers one winner and a guest to fly to the King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St. Simons Island, Ga. Both will enjoy four days and three nights of all-expenses paid accommodations. The winner and guest will fish for redfish on a 24-foot fishing boat captained by Capt. Mark Noble, one of the most experienced guides on St. Simons Island. Tom Mann, Jr. and O’Neill Williams will also be on board to offer fishing tips to the winner.

“Georgia’s Golden Isles offer some of the best redfish fishing on the East Coast,” said O’Neill Williams.  “The winner of SouthernLINC Wireless’ ‘The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime’ sweepstakes is in for a real treat. I will be filming my cable television program ‘O’Neill Outside’ during this trip, so the winner and guest will appear in that episode.”

Beginning April 1, 2007 and ending July 16, 2007, residents of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi age 21 and older can enter to win this exclusive trip. The winner will be announced in late July 2007 and the trip will take place Sept. 25-28, 2007.  

“Tom Mann, Jr. and O’Neill Williams are two of the most experienced professional fishermen in the Southeast,” said Julie Pigott, vice president of marketing and customer support, SouthernLINC Wireless.  “We sincerely hope that the winner of the sweepstakes enjoys this once in a lifetime fishing experience.”

Full sweepstakes details are available at www.southernlinc.com/fishingtrip, which is also where individuals may submit an online sweepstakes entry form. Interested parties may also register to win at any participating SouthernLINC Wireless retail store, at any participating SouthernLINC Wireless dealer location, through the postal mail, or at any of the 20 Movies Under the Stars screenings that SouthernLINC Wireless is sponsoring.

The Movies Under the Stars program – a series of family-oriented films that will be shown free of charge at outdoor venues throughout the Southeast. This year’s Movies Under the Stars event will kick off April 6 in Opp, Ala. Other cities include Dothan, Ala.; Clanton, Ala.; Demopolis, Ala.; Vidalia, Ga.; Thomasville, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Pelham, Ala.; Brewton, Ala.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala.  For a complete schedule of movie dates and times, please visit www.southernlinc.com/movies.  The company will have a booth set up at each screening where attendees can cast their entries.

About SouthernLINC Wireless
SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is an Atlanta-based regional wireless carrier covering the major metro and rural areas in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and northwest Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless bundles multiple communication options into one phone including push to talk, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access and wireless data. More information about SouthernLINC Wireless can be obtained by calling 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visiting the SouthernLINC Wireless Web site at www.southernlinc.com.

About Southern Company
With 4.3 million customers and more than 41,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) 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 seven consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.