JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,
May 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At
AT&T1, we've invested nearly $250 million in the Greater Jacksonville area wireless and wired
networks during 2014-2016. These investments enhance reliability,
coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and
businesses. They also improve critical services that support public
safety and first responders.
In 2016, AT&T made more than 205 wireless network upgrades
in the Jacksonville area,
including:
- Adding capacity to more than 110 existing cell sites so they
can handle more traffic, and
- Activating 2 new cell sites to expand LTE coverage.
"AT&T is investing to provide faster, more reliable, highly
secure connectivity for Floridians. These continued investments
bring residents and businesses a host of new opportunities and help
pave the path for 5G mobile services in the years ahead," said
Joe York president of AT&T
Florida.
"For Florida to continue to
thrive and serve residents, it's crucial we have companies invest
through thoughtful innovation," said state Senator Travis Hutson. "By investing in our state,
AT&T is making business growth possible and is providing the
most up to date technology for our first responders through
technology like Next Generation 9-1-1 while keeping our residents
connected and entertained."
"The Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act provides a
state-wide uniform approach to the efficient deployment of wireless
technology," said state Representative Mike
La Rosa. "This legislation reduces unnecessary roadblocks
that increase expenses associated with wireless deployment and will
help speed up the availability of 5G technology."
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) recently chose
AT&T to build a nationwide public safety broadband network. The
network will be dedicated to America's police, firefighters, EMS
personnel and other first responders when they need it. Should
Florida opt-in to the FirstNet network, we will build upon our
current and planned investments with a dedicated focus on the
state's first responders.
And we would expect to make a significant investment to upgrade
and maintain Florida's FirstNet
network over the next 25 years, bringing your first responders the
coverage, value and experience they expect.
For the third year in a row, FORTUNE magazine recognized
AT&T as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company in the
world in 2017. We also placed No. 37 among the Top 50 World's
Most Admired companies.
AT&T is the only telecommunications company on the list. We
ranked No. 1 in all 9 attributes. This included innovation,
financial soundness and quality of products/services.
The AT&T LTE network covers nearly 400 million people in
North America.
We continue to expand the scope of our ultra-fast internet
powered by AT&T Fiber. We now market our ultra-fast internet
service powered by AT&T Fiber to more than 125,000 customer
locations in the Jacksonville
area.
We have the largest fiber network within our 21-state wireline
footprint.2 We also now market a 1 gigabit
connection3 on our 100% fiber network to 4.6 million
locations across 52 major metro areas. We plan to reach at least 75
major metros overall. We expect to add 2 million locations in 2017,
and we plan to reach at least 12.5 million locations by
mid-2019.
We have an extensive Wi-Fi network with more than 40,000
AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores
and retailers. And we provide access to Wi-Fi at more than 1
million locations around the world. Most AT&T smartphone and
home internet customers get access to the entire national AT&T
Wi-Fi Hot Spot network4 at no additional cost. Wi-Fi
usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data
plans.
To learn more about our coverage in the Jacksonville area or anywhere in the U.S.,
visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. For updates on the AT&T
wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page.
1 AT&T products and services are
provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc.
under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T
Inc.
2 Based on publicly available
data for the top fiber providers in the AT&T operating
footprint.
3 Actual customer speeds may
vary. Download speeds are typically up to 940Mbps due to overhead
capacity reserved to deliver the data.
4
Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See
www.attwifi.com for details and locations.
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About AT&T
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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
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*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score
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