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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Imagine downloading 25 songs in less than one second or before you can even crank up the volume. Imagine loading your favorite HD movie in less than 36 seconds, a fraction of the time it takes to pick which movie to watch.
It’s now a reality for qualifying residents and small businesses with today’s launch of U-verse with ATT* GigaPower in parts of Kansas City, Mo., parts of Leawood, Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park, Kan. and in surrounding communities located throughout the metro area. Additionally, ATT has plans to expand the service to Independence, Mo. and Shawnee, Kan.**
The ATT GigaPower network provides customers access to the fastest Internet available from ATT, featuring speeds up to 1 gigabit per second.*** Whether customers are connecting to the cloud, videoconferencing, online gaming or other services, ultra-fast Internet access will improve the customer experience.
U-verse with ATT GigaPower customers will also have access to award-winning TV services. This includes the ability to watch and record five simultaneous HD streams and ATT’s largest storage capacity DVR, capable of storing up to 900 hours of SD or 330 hours of HD programming. Customers can access the ATT U-verse app on more than 30 smartphones and tablets to watch more than 200 live TV channels in the home, 110 live TV channels while on the go, stream video on-demand, schedule DVR recordings and more.
Consumers in eligible areas can choose from single, double and triple play offers to ensure they have the right combination of services to fit their needs.
- U-verse High Speed Internet 1Gbps: Internet speeds up to 1Gbps for $70 per month****, includes waiver of equipment, installation and activation fees, and a three year price guarantee.
- U-verse High Speed Internet 1Gbps + TV: Customers who also select U-verse TV will receive free HBO, HBO GO and HD service for 36 months starting at $120 per month with qualifying TV services.
- U-verse High Speed Internet 1Gbps + TV + Voice: Customers will receive all of the benefits of Internet speeds up to 1Gbps and TV package, plus ATT U-verse Unlimited Voice starting at $150 per month.
“We’re proud to launch in these cities as the first locations where we will offer ultra-high speeds to local consumers and employers in the Kansas City area,” said Mike Scott, president of ATT Kansas. “The ATT GigaPower network will help encourage economic development in the area by facilitating a new wave of innovation through enhanced opportunities for education, health, research and small business growth.”
“We’ve moved quickly to bring more competition to the Kansas City area for blazing-fast Internet speeds and best-in-class television service,” said John Sondag, president of ATT Missouri. “But this is just our initial launch. We look forward to continuing to expand our ATT GigaPower network in the Kansas City area where there are strong investment cases and receptive customers.”
Given the initial and continued success of U-verse with ATT GigaPower in Austin, ATT has announced a major expansion initiative. ATT is considering expanding its all-fiber network up to 100 cities and municipalities across 25 markets. With today’s announcement, the ATT GigaPower network is available to hundreds of thousands consumers and small businesses across parts of the Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem markets. ATT previously announced plans to deliver U-verse with ATT GigaPower in parts of 11 additional markets – Atlanta; Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.; Chicago; Cupertino, Calif.; Houston; Jacksonville, Fla.; Miami; Nashville, Tenn.; St. Louis and San Antonio.
Frost Sullivan recently recognized ATT for its leadership in high-speed Internet services, awarding the company the 2015 North American Competitive Strategy and Innovation Leadership of the Year Award for Broadband. The analyst firm praised ATT for its “aggressive pursuit of higher bandwidth access” for customers through its ATT GigaPower network initiative.
Additionally, ATT has committed that upon approval of its proposed acquisition of DIRECTV, the company will expand the ATT GigaPower network to an additional 2 million customer locations. All of these 2 million locations are over and above what the company announced in 2014.
ATT has served the Kansas City area for 135 years and employs nearly 12,000 people in Kansas and Missouri.
For more information, or to check availability, please visit att.com/gigapower.
* ATT products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of ATT Inc. under the ATT brand and not by ATT Inc.
** Initial availability limited to select areas. May not be available in your area.
*** Speed/time estimates are examples. Internet speed claims represent maximum network service capability speeds. Actual customer speeds may vary and are not guaranteed. Actual speeds vary based on factors including site traffic, content provider server capacity, internal network management factors, customer device capabilities and use of other U-verse services. For more information, go to www.att.com/speed101
**** U-verse with ATT GigaPower Premier offer is available with agreement from customer to participate in ATT Internet Preferences. ATT may use Web browsing information, like the search terms entered and the Web pages visited, to provide customers with relevant offers and ads tailored to their interests.
About ATT
ATT Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – ATT operating companies – are the providers of ATT services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the network with the nation’s strongest LTE signal as well as the nation’s most reliable LTE network, ATT is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, ATT also offers the best global wireless coverage, based on offering voice and LTE data roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offering more world capable wireless smartphones and tablets than any other U.S. based carrier. It also offers advanced TV service with the ATT U-verse® brand. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about ATT Inc. and the products and services provided by ATT subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/aboutus or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/att and YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/att.
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