DALLAS, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- AT&T1 today announced plans to bring
its 100% Fiber Network powered by AT&T Fiber℠ to parts of 8 new
metro areas. This means we plan to offer the service to customers
across at least 75 major metros.
And we're just hitting our stride. Today we also announced
the launch of our 100% fiber network service to parts of
Oakland, California. We now market
a 1 gigabit connection2 on our 100% fiber connection to
4.6 million locations across 52 major metros. We expect to
add 2 million locations in 2017, and we plan to reach at least 12.5
million locations by mid-2019.
We've continued to expand our 100% fiber network since we
announced plans to bring a gigabit connection to locations in
Austin four years ago. Today we
have the largest fiber network within our 21-state home-internet
footprint.3
New metro areas where we're planning to bring our 100% fiber
network include4:
- Dayton, Ohio
- Macon, Georgia
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Monterey-Salinas, California
- Savannah, Georgia
- South Bend, Indiana
- Springfield, Missouri
- Western Michigan
"While other providers have slowed deployment, we'll continue to
expand access to our ultra-fast internet to more customers, so they
can more quickly connect to the things they love online," said
Eric Boyer, senior vice president,
Wireless and Wired Product Marketing at AT&T.
With service that starts with an ultra-fast gigabit internet
connection it's possible to download 25 songs in 1 second or your
favorite 90-minute HD movie in less than 34 seconds.5
Customers can enjoy our fastest upload and download speeds.
You can also quickly access and stream the latest online movies,
music and games. These ultra-fast speeds let you easily
telecommute, video-conference, upload and download photos and
videos, and connect faster to the cloud.
Internet customers on our 100% fiber network also have our
latest Wi-Fi technology in their homes. It offers faster Wi-Fi
speeds, broader in-home Wi-Fi coverage and support for more Wi-Fi
devices.
For more information on AT&T Fiber, visit
att.com/getfiber.
1 AT&T products and services are
provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc.
under the AT&T brand name and not by AT&T
Inc.
2Actual customer speeds may vary.
Download speeds are typically up to 940Mbps due to overhead
capacity reserved to deliver the data.
3
Based on publicly available data for the top fiber providers in
the AT&T operating
footprint.
4Initial availability
limited to select areas. May not be available in your area. Go to
att.com/fibermap to see if you
qualify.
5Speed/Time examples are
estimates.
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About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions
around the globe connect with leading entertainment, business,
mobile and high speed internet services. We offer the nation's best
data network* and the best global coverage of any U.S. wireless
provider.** We're one of the world's largest providers of pay TV.
We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries.
Nearly 3.5 million companies, from small to large businesses around
the globe, turn to AT&T for our highly secure smart
solutions.
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*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network
Score. Score includes data reported by wireless consumers in the
Nielsen Mobile Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen
Mobile Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q3+Q4 2016
across 121 markets.
**Global coverage claim based on offering discounted
voice and data roaming; LTE roaming; and voice roaming in more
countries than any other U.S. based carrier. International service
required. Coverage not available in all areas. Coverage may vary
per country and be limited/restricted in some countries.
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