Medical Association of Atlanta Honors Cbeyond Communications with Cooper Award; Cbeyond Continues Strong Support for Medical Industry

Business Wire, May 30, 2006

ATLANTA -- Cbeyond Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY), a managed services provider and a leader in Voice over IP (VoIP), today announced that it has won the Medical Association of Atlanta's Cooper Award for outstanding customer support. This award signifies the strength of Cbeyond's understanding and support for businesses in the medical profession, a strategically significant market for the company. E[acute accent]The Medical Association of Atlanta (MAA), an advocate for physician issues as well as a valuable resource for education, socializing, community service, referrals and legislative support, presents the Cooper Award to Atlanta-based companies in several categories, including Most Volunteer-Oriented, Most Politically Active, and Best Performance in a Supporting Role by a Corporation, which it presented to Cbeyond this year. E[acute accent]For the past two years, the MAA has presented awards to Atlanta-based companies that demonstrate a strong commitment to strengthening Atlanta's medical industry. The annual award's name is based on the current MAA president. This year, the award was named the "Cooper Award" after current MAA president, Lawrence E. Cooper, M.D. E[acute accent]Janet DelVescovo, the Medical Association of Atlanta's director of development, said Cbeyond won the Cooper Award based on Cbeyond's outstanding support to the MAA and its member physicians. E[acute accent]"We have had a long relationship with Cbeyond. They have been very supportive of our efforts and have worked with a lot of our physicians to help them improve their communications systems," DelVescovo said. "They do a lot of things that other companies in their industry don't do--when you call them, they return your call; when they make a commitment, they keep it. Cbeyond has been a great partner on several different levels." E[acute accent]The Cooper Award is the most recent in a string of awards for Cbeyond. The company believes it is gaining recognition in its industry because Cbeyond has built its entire network and operations to serve small businesses exclusively, which differentiates Cbeyond from other voice and data companies. Independent analyst firm Stratecast Partners ranked Cbeyond highest among 13 integrated access service providers. Pulver.com, another industry observer, named Cbeyond one of the "100 Companies to Watch." And Catalyst Magazine named Cbeyond "Catalyst of the Year."

E[acute accent]About Cbeyond

E[acute accent]Cbeyond (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, fax-to-email, 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.

E[acute accent]About the Medical Association of Atlanta

E[acute accent]The Medical Association of Atlanta was created in 1854 to promote the interests of Fulton County, Georgia physicians. And, while the collective needs of physicians have changed dramatically in its 140 year history, MAA continues to serve as the largest and strongest organization to speak for Atlanta-area physicians regardless of specialty, hospital affiliation, or mode of practice. E[acute accent]With over 1,700 members, MAA is an important advocate for physician issues as well as a valuable resource for education, socializing, community service, referrals and legislative support. Physician membership in MAA assists in the organization's ability to be a truly representative voice of Atlanta physicians and provides an avenue for grass roots legislative involvement, a starting point for leadership in organized medicine and numerous practice-building opportunities. E[acute accent]The strategic direction of MAA is updated annually to reflect changes in medical practice. Since the adoption of MAA's current Mission Statement, numerous programs have been initiated to meet the emerging needs of physicians through health system reform, changes in practice structure, and the evolution of managed care in Atlanta. No other organization is working harder to help Atlanta-area physicians learn and adapt to these changing conditions. For more information about the Medical Association of Atlanta, visit www.maa-assn.org.

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