City of Adel Completes Construction of a 190 Foot Wireless Internet Tower; High-Speed Internet Service to Start Soon.

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003

Tri-State Broadband, a wireless systems integrator and provider of fixed wireless Internet access solutions for city and county governments, today announced the completion of construction of a 190 foot tower that will broadcast a "wireless last mile solution" utilizing a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless technology solution. John Overley, Vice President of Tri-State Broadband, stated the tower will broadcast a "high speed wireless internet signal" that subscribers can receive on a wireless modem "non-line-of-sight", up to 4 miles, and possibly further if conditions are right. In addition, a line-of-site service is also available offering speeds over 5 Megabytes per second. The new wireless internet service, named Southlink, will launch sometime in mid September, but the date is not yet confirmed.

The Southlink wireless project represents a multi-year contract between the City of Adel and Tri-State Broadband Inc., of Roswell, Georgia, to install and maintain the wireless system. Tri-State designed and engineered the new system that will provide a wireless Internet System for the City of Adel that integrates with the city's existing high-speed fiber system. The new Hybrid-Fiber-Wireless (HFW) network will bring DSL speeds to the City of Adel and the surrounding area (businesses and residents) and supports both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight connections.

"With this Hybrid-Fiber-Wireless (HFW) broadband solution, we can now leverage the city's fiber system and deliver high speed Internet services to businesses and residents. We will truly leverage our existing fiber system with this wireless last mile solution, and that is a big plus for the community," stated Wayne Taunton, Superintendent of Electrical Utilities.

With the Southlink project, the City of Adel also has established an integrated high capacity fiber (HFW) wireless (OC48), high-speed point of presence (POP) and plans to connect other nearby cities extending its high-speed service. "We are very excited about having this state of the art system in place. It will serve the community now, as well as into the foreseeable future," commented Taunton.

About Tri-State Broadband, Inc. (www.trisbb.com)

Tri-State Broadband was founded with the expressed purpose of introducing affordable high-speed broadband access (primarily wireless) and related services to small and medium-sized cities and county governments in the Southeast. With broadband services offerings, Tri-State provides cities and counties the ability to attract new businesses and to derive new sources of revenue and cash flow - all while meeting individual needs of local residents and businesses.

Non-Line-of-Sight Deployments by Tri-State Broadband, Inc.

The City of Adel's Southlink wireless internet project is the latest city-wide deployment of NLOS last mile wireless solutions from Tri-State Broadband, Inc. The Southlink NLOS wireless system can accommodate up to 1,000 subscribers on a single omni base station and deliver a maximum data rate of up to 3.0 Mbps supporting subscribers with a range of up to four miles NLOS and eight miles LOS.