e^deltacom Delivers 100% Up Time Through Tropical Storms

Atlanta, Ga.—(September 13, 2004)—e^deltacom, a division of ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM: ITCD), today announced that its state-of-the-art data center maintained 100% up time through tropical storms Frances and Gaston.

"With the Tropical Storm season upon us, businesses must have the peace of mind that the potential catastrophic consequences of these storms do not affect their data storage and disaster recovery needs," said David McGirt, e^deltacom vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. "There is no margin of error for downtime in today's business world, and that is why our customers depend on e^deltacom to maintain their critical data and systems at all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

With redundancies providing uninterrupted power and network connectivity, customers utilizing e^deltacom as their primary data center and disaster recovery site maintained 100% up time during the inclement weather. As Hurricane Ivan moves toward the U.S., e^deltacom continues to make certain that the vital points of the power and data networks are secure and protected.

ABOUT e^deltacom

e^deltacom is the innovative colocation and managed IT services division of ITC^DeltaCom (NASDAQ/NM: ITCD), a leading provider of integrated communication services to customers in the southeastern United States, and provides advanced technology solutions to customers as part of ITC^DeltaCom's core integrated communications business. e^deltacom's systems, infrastructure and experienced staff enable clients to leverage e^deltacom's economies of scale when outsourcing components of their IT infrastructure. By acting as an extension of its customers' IT staff, e^deltacom helps companies save time, achieve cost-reduction initiatives and focus on their core business competencies. Using a variety of technologies from some of the best-known and most-trusted brands in the industry, e^deltacom offers reliable, scalable and secure technology solutions combined with industry-leading Service Level Agreements. e^deltacom operates its state of the art 376,000 sq. ft. data center facility in Suwanee, Ga. For additional information about e^deltacom, please visit http://www.edeltacom.com.

ABOUT ITC^DeltaCom, Inc.

ITC^DeltaCom, headquartered in West Point, Ga., provides, through its operating subsidiaries, integrated telecommunications and technology services to businesses and consumers in the southeastern United States. ITC^DeltaCom has a fiber optic network spanning approximately 14,500 route miles, including more than 10,900 route miles of owned fiber, and offers a comprehensive suite of voice and data communication services, including local, long distance, enhanced data, Internet, collocation and managed services, and sells customer premise equipment to end-user customers. The Company operates approximately 26 voice switches and 74 data switches, and is one of the largest competitive telecommunications providers in its primary eight-state region. ITC^DeltaCom has interconnection agreements with BellSouth, Verizon, SBC, CenturyTel and Sprint for resale and access to unbundled network elements and is certified competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia and all nine BellSouth states.