SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2004

                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

  Statement Pursuant to Section 12(I) of Public Utility Holding Company Act of
     1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or Retained by a Registered Holding
        Company or a Subsidiary Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates
                Only Routine Expenses as Specified in Rule 71(b)

         1. Name and business address of person filing statement.

                  Robert G. Dawson
                  5555 Glenridge Connector, Suite 500 - Bin 79490
                  Atlanta, GA 30342

         2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

                  None

          3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

                  Southern Company and all its subsidiaries.

         4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

President & CEO of Southern Communications Services, Inc. (dba Southern LINC)
President & CEO of Southern Telecom, Inc.

         5. (a) Compensation received during the prior reporting period and
estimated to be received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or
others, directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
each of the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary
statement only.)
                Salary or other
                compensations
Name of    received     to be            Person or company from whom received
recipient               received         or to be received
           (a)          (b)

Robert G. $1,566,195   to be included      Southern Communications Services,
Dawson                 in supplementary    Inc.
                       statement

           (b)    Basis for compensation if other than salary. N/A

          6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.) Expenses incurred
by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above, during the calendar
year in connection with the activities described in item 4, above, and the
source or sources of reimbursement for same.

(a)      Total amount of routine expenses charged to client:
                  Meetings with Congressmen and their staff incidental to
                  meeting with FCC and allocated cost of the trips for three
                  years would be less than $1000.
           (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:  N/A

Meetings with Congressmen and their staff incidental to meeting with FCC and
allocated cost of the trips for three years would be less than $1000.

Date January 23, 2002                       (Signed) /s/ Robert G. Dawson
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