AT&T has begun offering symmetrical Internet speeds over its fiber-to-the- home network. In parts of more than 70 metro areas, the multi-gigabit speeds are available to nearly five million customer locations.
AT&T charges $110 per month plus taxes for its 2Gbps home-Internet plan and $180 per month plus taxes for the 5Gbps home-Internet plan. Business fiber prices are $225 per month. The base prices for other fiber home-Internet plans are $55 for 300Mbps, $65 for 500Mbps, and $80 for 1Gbps. There is a "99 installation fee may apply" in the fine print.
AT&T provides unlimited data on tiers with speeds of 100Mbps and above on lower-end home-Internet plans. AT&T's new fiber plans have no equipment fees, no annual contract, no data caps, and no price increase for a year. The multi-gigabit and 1Gbps plans include access to HBO Max.
The AT&T modem-router gateway device for in- home wi-fi is free for both of the new multi-Gig service tiers. AT&T's newest gateway supports wi-fi.
Multiple devices could combine to use up the full 5Gbps over wi-fi, but the maximum single device speed requires a wired connection. AT&T says it can achieve top speeds on the 5Gbps plan.
The maximum speed on a single connected device is over 5 gigahertz. To get that speed, you need a wired connection between the 5Gb port of the gateway and a device that can receive the maximum speed. The speed will be distributed to all the connected devices using wired or wi-fi connections.
Where it is available.
The full list of metro areas where AT&T offers high-speed internet is available here. There are parts of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. You can use AT&T's address-checker to find out if fiber is available at your home or business.
The multi-gigabit speed tiers will eventually be brought to the rest of the company's existing fiber base.
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AT&T has left tens of millions of households without fiber-to-the- home access. In areas that it hasn't upgraded, the company stopped offering its oldest product to new customers. New customers can only sign up for AT&T wired Internet in places that have either fiber-to-the- home or fiber-to-the-node access.
In October, AT&T said it had about 5.7 million fiber-to-the- home customers. AT&T said it had 14.2 million home-Internet customers.
AT&T wants to have 30 million fiber locations.
AT&T slowed down the build of its fiber-to-the- home builds in the first half of the year, but was ramping up deployment in the second half of the year. AT&T originally said it would bring fiber to 3 million new homes and businesses in 2021, but later changed that number to 2.6 million.
We asked AT&T for an up-to-date figure and will update this article if we get a response. The company said it will add 3 million to 5 million new fiber locations over the next few years.
"As part of our future expansion efforts, AT&T will bring multi-Gig capable technology across our current fiber footprint throughout the year of 2022," the company said today.
AT&T's home-Internet service area has 53 million households.
Ziply Fiber last week announced that it would be charging $120 a month for 2Gbps and $300 for 5Gbps in 60 cities and towns across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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