Exhibit 10.4

PROMISSORY NOTE

|U.S. $200,000.00 | January 7,
2009
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc. (Borrower)
hereby promises to pay to John Rhodes (Holder), the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00), which shall be payable on or before December 31, 2009
(Due Date) along with interest at the rate of 12% pre annum.

In
the event of default, the Holder may declare the full amount due and payable immediately
and any unpaid balance of this Note shall bear interest at the rate of 15% pre annum from
the date of default until paid in full.

The
undersigned:

| | (a) |  | Agrees
to remain and continue bound for the payment of the               principal of and
interest on this Note notwithstanding any               extension or extensions of the
time of payment of said principal               or any changes in the amount or amounts
to be paid under and by               virtue of the obligation to pay provided for in
this Note, or any               change or changes by way of release or surrender of any
              collateral, real or personal, held as security for the payment of
              this Note, and waives all and every kind of notice of such
              extension or extensions, change or changes.
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| | (b) |  | Waives
presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest               and diligence
in collection, and all exemptions, whether homestead               or otherwise, to which
it may or thereafter be entitled under the               laws of Kentucky or any other
state; and
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| | (c) |  | Agrees,
in the event of default, to pay all costs of collecting,               securing or
attempting to collect or secure this Note, including               reasonable attorneys
fees, whether same be collected or secured               by suit or otherwise.
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This
Note shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, excluding its
conflicts of laws and the Borrower consents to venue in the Jefferson County Circuit
Court in Louisville, Kentucky.

Borrower:

Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc.

|By: | /s/ Bruce Widener        
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|    | Bruce Widener

      Name
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|    | CEO
      Title          

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