The FINANCIAL — AT&T announced on September 14 it will expand the availability of U-verse with AT&T GigaPowerSM to more residential and small business customers in parts of Orlando and the greater Orange County area in the near future.
The new Internet service gives customers some of the fastest online speeds available anywhere. Customers can download 25 songs in less than a second, a TV show in three seconds or their favorite HD movie in less than 36 seconds, according to AT&T.
U-verse with AT&T GigaPower offers Internet speeds up to 1 gigabit per second.4 It can improve the experience for customers when connecting to the cloud, doing a videoconference, streaming videos and music, playing online games and more.
“We’re excited to launch our ultra-high speed internet service to local consumers and employers here in the Orlando area,” said Joe York, president of AT&T Florida. “The AT&T GigaPower network will help promote economic development in the area by facilitating a new wave of innovation through enhanced opportunities for education, health, research and small business growth.”
The high-speed Internet service is 99.9% reliable. It offers the fastest, most powerful Wi-Fi signal with an upgraded home gateway using the latest technology. The new gateway connects more devices with faster speeds from nearly anywhere in the home or business.
Customers who sign up for U-verse with AT&T GigaPower will also have access to award-winning U-verse TV and Voice services. New customers can watch and record up to six HD programs at the same time. AT&T GigaPower customers will also be able to record and store more of their favorite shows – up to 900 hours of SD or 330 hours of HD programming.
Customers can use the AT&T U-verse App on smartphones and tablets to watch more than 250 live TV channels in their home and more than 210 live TV channels while on the go. Customers can also stream video on demand, schedule DVR recordings and access other features from the U-verse app.
The success of the first AT&T GigaPower market in Austin, Texas led to a major expansion beginning in 2014. AT&T is working with local leaders within the 21 state service area who are interested in expanding the availability of the 100% fiber-optic network to consumers and small businesses. U-verse with AT&T GigaPower is available in 15 markets today, and plans have now been announced to offer AT&T GigaPower in parts of the Jacksonville, Orlando, St. Louis and San Antonio markets.
Frost & Sullivan recently recognized AT&T for its leadership in high-speed Internet services. It awarded AT&T the 2015 North American Competitive Strategy and Innovation Leadership of the Year Award for Broadband. The analyst firm praised AT&T for its “aggressive pursuit of higher bandwidth access” for customers through its AT&T GigaPower network initiative.
AT&T will continue to roll out its fastest Internet services over its all-fiber network to reach more than 14 million residential and commercial locations.
AT&T has served Florida for more than 130 years and employs more than 14,000 people across the state.
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