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BellSouth Celebrates 2,000,000 DSL Service Customers -- Company Serves Additional 1,000,000 BellSouth(R) Dial Internet Service Subscribers -- ATLANTA, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), one of the leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the Southeast, today announced it passed two million DSL customers in November. This milestone underscores BellSouth's commitment to provide a range of reliable Internet services delivering the right speed at the right price and backed by excellent service and technical support. "In the past year, we've continued to expand DSL service availability, introduced our fastest retail DSL Internet service to date -- BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Xtreme -- and unveiled very competitive promotions that have propelled our growth," said Michael Bowling, vice president of Broadband Services for BellSouth. "BellSouth's focus on delivering a portfolio of data and Internet services to meet our customers' varying needs is also responsible for our success." BellSouth continues to see tremendous growth in its DSL business as more residential and business customers upgrade to broadband. BellSouth ended the third quarter of 2004 with almost 1.9 million DSL customers, representing an overall increase of 40.1 percent over the third quarter of 2003. Customers are increasingly more aware of the benefits that a high-speed DSL connection provides in improving communication and enhancing productivity. BellSouth originally launched its Internet services group in August 1996 before debuting FastAccess DSL two years later in August 1998. In addition to increasing its customer base, BellSouth continues to evolve its network to offer enhanced services to more customers than ever before. BellSouth serves every MSA, or metropolitan statistical area, in its nine states with Internet services. The company's high-speed data network reaches nearly 1,600 central offices and approximately 18,000 remote terminals. BellSouth's state-of-the- art network includes more than 5.0 million miles of fiber and more than 1,000 broadband switches. With over one million subscribers, BellSouth(R) Dial Internet Service is recognized for its reliable connections and premium features. Continued growth of BellSouth Dial Internet Service is attributed to low price, value-added services and expert customer service. "While we are committed to bringing the benefits of broadband to additional areas of our nine state region, dial-up is still a viable choice for a significant segment of our customer base to access e-mail and for basic Web surfing," continued Bowling. "BellSouth Dial Internet Service meets these customers' needs while offering BellSouth the opportunity to migrate these subscribers to broadband as their Internet needs grow." Consumers and small businesses interested in BellSouth FastAccess DSL service can get more information online at http://www.fastaccess.com/ or by calling 1-888-321-ADSL. For information regarding BellSouth Dial Internet Service, please visit http://www.bellsouth.net/ or call 1-800-4DOTNET. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider. Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Brent Fowler of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-829-8722, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.bellsouth.net/ http://www.fastaccess.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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