Cbeyond to Present at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference and the Thomas Weisel Partners Internet & Telecom Conference

Business Wire, March 3, 2006

ATLANTA -- Cbeyond Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY), a managed services provider and a leader in Voice over IP (VoIP), today announced that its Chairman and CEO James F. Geiger will present at two upcoming financial conferences.

Geiger will present at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla. March 5-8, 2006. His presentation will begin at 3:25 p.m. EST on Monday, March 6.

Later in the week, Geiger will also be speaking at the Thomas Weisel Partners Internet & Telecom Conference on Wednesday, March 8 at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco. That presentation will begin at 8:35 a.m. PST on Wednesday, March 8, 2006.

In both presentations, Geiger will discuss the company's corporate vision and strategies for growth. Interested parties can view the presentations from Cbeyond's Web site at http://ir.cbeyond.net/ir_medialist.cfm.> About Cbeyond

Cbeyond Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY) is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband services to small businesses in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles. Cbeyond offers core communications services like local and long-distance voice and broadband Internet access along with enhanced applications, including voicemail, email, Web hosting, data backup, file-sharing, VPN and more. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net.

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