AT&T is bringing gigabit internet to Silicon Valley

Gigabit internet services are slowly being rolled out across different cities in the U.S., no one company is offering a nationwide service as of now, that may take a while. AT&T is one of the few companies that’s working in this space and today it announced that its gigabit internet service will be launched soon in Silicon Valley, Cupertino to be precise, which we all know as Apple’s backyard. AT&T’s gigabit internet service, which offers upload and download speeds of up to 1Gbps, is already live in Austin and Fort Worth. The company also confirmed its plans to bring the service to an additional 11 cities, including Nashville, San Antonio, Houston and more.

AT&T Inc. is bringing its ultrafast Internet service to Apple Inc.’s hometown and a few miles from Google Inc.’s doorstep. The carrier plans to make Cupertino the first city in California to receive its up to one gigabit service U-verse fiber optic broadband service, and California would be the sixth state in its nationwide rollout. Service in Cupertino would begin in coming months, AT&T said. AT&T and Google have been rolling out ultrafast Internet services to cities where they expect the strong demand needed to cover the cost of new fiber cables. Google pioneered the model in Kansas City by using preregistrations to select neighborhoods where enough customers signed up for the service. Previously, most cable and phone companies were required by franchise agreements with regional governments to wire most of the markets they entered, regardless of demand. The strategy brings the fastest service to places where residents can afford the service, but has raised concerns that poorer and rural areas will get left behind in digital developments.