Moves further competition between AT&T and Google Fiber for gigabit Internet to the home
AT&T this week expanded its GigaPower fiber-to-the-home service in several major metro markets in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Nashville, Indiana and Illinois.
In several of the markets, AT&T’s fiber service is in direct competition with other players including Google Fiber.
On Sept. 28, AT&T announced the new offering was available in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Fla.; along with San Antonio and New Braunfels, Texas; and Gary, Indiana. On Sept. 29, AT&T announced the launch in Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta; and Chicago.
The GigaPower service starts at $110 per month for one-gigabit-per-second throughput. For $80 per month, a customer gets access to speeds up to 300 megabits per second. Similarly, AT&T announced a free, promotional upgrade for customers with the 100 Mbps package to the 300 Mbps package; that’ll kick in on Oct. 15.
In Chicago, AT&T Illinois VP and GM Shelley Goodman said, “Our customers love the incredibly fast Internet speeds we offer with AT&T GigaPower. We’re excited to bring the faster speeds to even more customers in the greater Chicago metro area.”
“Launching today is just one more milestone on the path to providing these blazing fast speeds in the San Antonio area,” said Renee Flores, regional VP for external and legislative affairs at AT&T. “We are excited about keeping up that pace as we expand and enhance the AT&T GigaPower network to more locations.”
“Having access to ultra-high speed internet service like AT&T GigaPower will have a huge impact on our economic future,” San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor said. “Super-fast access to data and cloud based services aren’t a ‘nice extra.’ They are now essential for anyone who wants to compete in the global economy.”
