AT&T is thinking about bringing 1 Gbps Internet to 21 U.S. metro areas

AT&T announced today that it is in talks about bringing 1 Gbps Internet speeds to 21 U.S. metropolitan areas that will cover 100 cities, although it's not certain if all those locations will be picked

In February, Google announced that it was in discussions to bring its 1 Gbps Google Fiber Internet service to nine more U.S. metropolitan areas. Not to be outdone, AT&T announced today it is thinking about bringing the same Internet speeds to 21 U.S. metro areas.

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AT&T's press release lists the 21 metropolitan areas under consideration for their GigaPower service, which will cover a total of 100 cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Oakland, Orlando, San Antonio, San Diego, St. Louis, San Francisco, and San Jose.

AT&T's GigaPower service is currently live in a small section of Austin, Texas, and will expand to Dallas, Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem, North Carolina at some point. Today's press release doesn't mean that AT&T will add 1 Gbps Internet to all of the cities listed; it simply means the company will "work with local leaders in these markets to discuss ways to bring the service to their communities." Pricing has yet to be revealed.

Google Fiber's 1 Gbps ISP, which also includes a television service, is already live in Kansas City and will go live in Provo, Utah and Austin, Texas later this year.

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