AT&T Announces Fiber Network for Huntsville

Published on October 11, 2016

Huntsville is becoming an even bigger GIG City with the announcement today of another fiber provider.

AT&T has launched an ultra-fast internet service in parts of the greater Huntsville area that connects eligible homes, apartments and small business locations to a 1 gigabit internet connection. The AT&T announcement means Huntsville citizens will have high speed broadband options from four providers – AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, and Southern Light.

“Huntsville is home to some of our country’s most innovative companies and continues to develop as a premier tech hub,” said Tommy Battle, Mayor of Huntsville. “AT&T’s continuing infrastructure investment and launch of ultra-fast fiber internet are instrumental to Huntsville becoming a Gig City and offering residents and businesses additional resources to thrive in today’s digital society.”

What can I do with a service that starts with a 1 gig connection?

With internet speeds 20 x faster than the average cable customer, you can download 25 songs in 1 second or your favorite 90-minute HD movie in less than 34 seconds.⁵

You can also instantly access and stream the latest online movies, music and games. With these ultra-fast speeds, customers can seamlessly perform tasks like telecommuting, video-conferencing, uploading and downloading photos and videos, connect faster to the cloud and more.

What is AT&T Fiber?

The 100% fiber network under the AT&T Fiber umbrella brand gives customers the power to choose from a wide range of internet speeds over an ultra-fast internet connection. This network is just one of the network technologies we plan to use to connect customers to a broad range of internet speeds.

For more information on AT&T Fiber, visit att.com/fibermap. To find an apartment or condo on the 100% fiber network, visit att.com/apartments.

The GIG City Initiative

Mayor Tommy Battle launched the GIG City initiative in late 2014 and issued an Request for Information the following spring from broadband providers. Since that time,  Southern Light began offering service to commercial business in 2015. Comcast announced its plans to build a high speed fiber network in January, and Google Fiber announced in February it will begin offering broadband through a leasing agreement with Huntsville Utilities.  AT&T’s announcement means Huntsville will have the best possible broadband choices available in the United States.