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Southern Light Introduction to Southern Light Leading provider of fiber optic infrastructure solutions in the Southeast One of top 10 largest pure fiber infrastructure providers in the US Focused on delivering highly reliable,

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Southern Light

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▪ Leading provider of fiber optic infrastructure solutions in the Southeast ▪ One of top 10 largest pure fiber infrastructure providers in the US ▪ Focused on delivering highly reliable, customized last-mile solutions to our region ▪ Unrivaled reach across LATA, franchise and municipal boundaries along the Gulf Coast ▪ Networks built on strong foundation for growth with high fiber counts and dynamic network design (>$300 million invested to date)

Introduction to Southern Light

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▪ Southern Light’s network is unparalleled across the Gulf Coast Region

Current Network Overview

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The value of the network is in the unique last-mile fiber routes within attractive markets. Last mile networks

Mobile, AL Pensacola, FL New Orleans, LA Panama City, FL

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Customers

On-Net Military Installations

▪ 117th Air Refueling Wing ▪ Anniston Army Depot ▪ CIWT Corry Station ▪ Columbus AFB ▪ Eglin AFB ▪ Fort Benning ▪ Fort Rucker ▪ Keesler AFB ▪ NAS Belle Chasse ▪ NAS Meridian ▪ NAS Pensacola ▪ NAS Whiting Field ▪ Maxwell AFB ▪ Maxwell-Gunter AFB ▪ NCBC Gulfport ▪ Redstone Arsenal ▪ SaufleyField ▪ Stennis Space Center ▪ Tyndall AFB

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Southern Light has an entrenched and diverse customer base in three segments and that include a wide variety of industries. Customer Base

Telecom Enterprise Public Sector Wireless Providers

Cable Providers CLECs

Carrier

Regional Carriers National Carriers

  • U. S. Department
  • f Defense

State & Local Government Education

Colleges & Universities & K-12

Health Care Technology Other Federal Government Financial Services Industrial & Manufacturing Media & Entertainment

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Small Cell Deployment

Small Cell/ODAS

▪ Limited Spectrum ▪ Small Cell technologies supplement a single high- powered antenna with a series of smaller, low- power antennas to provide improved coverage ▪ Each location can handle approximately 50,000 calls per day, versus 500,000 calls for an actual cell site ▪ Number of cell sites expected to grow from 350,000 today to > 2.0 million by 2020 ▪ Both an immediate opportunity and a bleeding edge service

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Southern Light was an early mover on Small Cell/ODAS deployment Small Cell/ODAS

  • In 2013 Southern Light launched its first neutral-host ODAS System in Fairhope
  • In 2016 Southern Light deployed small cells in the Destin area
  • Currently deploying 480 small cells in New Orleans
  • Significant growth expected in order to support IoT and 5G
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Rural Broadband

Levy Clarke Winn Vernon Taylor Dallas Yazoo Pike Walton Sabine Allen Jackson Clay Perry Monroe Dixie Wilcox Gulf Bolivar Lee Vermilion Attala Sumter Butler Dale Amite Wayne Scott Liberty Pickens Jones DeKalb Marion Marengo Jackson Barbour Smith Clarke Panola Monroe Coosa Holmes Coffee Putnam Jasper Leake Kemper Greene Clay Beauregard Carroll Bienville Cullman Escambia Conecuh Pike Macon Acadia Fayette Iberia Avoyelles Franklin Bullock Madison Noxubee Claiborne Winston Marion Lincoln Lafayette Marshall Newton Madison Winston Union Tippah Jackson Franklin Wilkinson Alcorn Lincoln Holmes Hamilton Jefferson Grenada Webster Choctaw Lamar Covington Natchitoches Tensas Washington Leflore
  • St. Landry
Warren La Salle Talladega Columbia
  • St. Mary
Franklin Webster Morehouse Calhoun Pearl River Catahoula Tallapoosa Sunflower Concordia Flagler Adams Tangipahoa Calhoun Cherokee Washington Neshoba Lauderdale Richland Suwannee Coahoma Cleburne Caldwell Randolph Crenshaw Benton Chambers Evangeline Itawamba Franklin Lowndes Pontotoc Lafayette Tallahatchie Washington Sharkey Prentiss Claiborne Quitman Washington Walthall Choctaw Yalobusha Chickasaw Oktibbeha Lawrence Issaquena Red River Jefferson Davis Union Tishomingo Covington Humphreys East Carroll Montgomery Bradford West Carroll Assumption Jefferson Davis
  • St. James
Muscogee Iberia Chattahoochee
  • St. John the Baptist
Marion Baldwin Mobile Cameron Lee Rapides Union Hinds Hale Caddo Duval Clay Bibb Leon Walker Jefferson Tuscaloosa Shelby Perry Grant Terrebonne Rankin Pasco Alachua De Soto Copiah Calcasieu Tate Blount Madison Chilton Baker Citrus Henry Elmore Greene Colbert Russell Nassau Jackson Morgan Lowndes Iberville Etowah Wakulla Stone Geneva Autauga DeSoto Lauderdale Houston Simpson Harrison George Gadsden Bay Bossier Lafourche Okaloosa Marshall Madison Santa Rosa
  • St. Clair
Manatee Lawrence Lamar Tunica Hillsborough Calhoun Ouachita Escambia
  • St. Johns
Livingston Forrest Montgomery Jefferson
  • St. Tammany
Limestone
  • St. Martin
Sarasota Plaquemines Hancock Hernando Gilchrist Jefferson
  • St. Helena
  • St. Bernard
Pointe Coupee
  • St. Charles
Pinellas East Feliciana Lafayette West Feliciana Ascension Orleans East Baton Rouge
  • St. Martin
Bay West Baton Rouge

Southern Light's Network

Legend

Fiber Routes Rural Counties Urban Counties

Rural Route Miles Per State:

  • Louisiana – 327 miles
  • Mississippi – 88 miles
  • Alabama – 441 miles
  • Florida – 680 miles
  • Georgia – 7 miles
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Uniti Group to acquire Southern Light Southern Light and Uniti Fiber

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  • Impact:
  • Access to capital and operational resources
  • Increased network reach (post acquisition more than 1 million fiber strand miles)
  • Enables Southern Light to become a diversified competitor

Southern Light and Uniti Fiber

  • Uniti Group:
  • Publicly traded REIT
  • Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Provides 5,200 customer connections
  • Encompasses 2,600 municipalities
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Impediments to deployment

  • Fees (franchise, permitting, etc.)
  • Inability to access Interstate ROW
  • Bridge attachments
  • Pole Attachment Agreements
  • Small cell confusion

Broadband Deployment Policy What to do:

  • Standardized fee structures
  • Education
  • Incentivize municipalities and states to adopt

broadband friendly policies (i.e. Gigabit Opportunity Zones)

  • Standardized small cell regulations