Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company that provides long-haul and metropolitan dark fiber connecting Atlanta with other smaller cities throughout the Southeast. The company also provides network elements such as rights of way, dark fiber, conduit, co-location and other related maintenance services. Southern Telecom is certificated as a telecommunications provider in Alabama, Florida and Georgia and also at the federal level.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta provides the following services:
Southern Telecom provides long-haul and metro dark fiber connecting Atlanta with other smaller cities throughout the Southeast.
- Dark fiber
- Right-of-way
- Conduit
- Inner liners
- Construction services
- Maintenance services
- Colocation: data storage, data back-up, data recovery; disaster recovery; long-haul/metro optical cross connects
Southern Telecom Data Center Map
Southern Telecom Power Growth Over Time
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