Back in March AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson insisted that AT&T's 1 Gbps "Gigapower" service would arrive in Dallas sometime this summer, but like much of the company's 1 Gbps deployment, specifics (deployment areas, total cost, number of users) was left ambiguous. Today AT&T got a little more specific, stating the company would be offering the ultra-fast service in "Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding cities" before the summer is out.
According to the announcement, Highland Park and University Park in the Dallas area will be the first to see 1 Gbps. After that, details of how many AT&T U-Verse users will actually get 1 Gbps speeds remains murky. AT&T indicates many areas in Dallas will see 100 Mbps initially (no mention of upstream speed), with 1 Gbps a potential down the road:
quote:AT&T has repeatedly made clear Gigapower is primarily focused on targeting higher-end developments, and that the deployments won't meaningfully impact the company's CAPEX (read: most AT&T users will never see 1 Gbps). AT&T certainly doesn't want people in their hometown of Dallas thinking that they are being outperformed in their core business by a search engine company (aka Google Fiber).
Other parts of Dallas and surrounding cities will launch this summer at up to 100 Mbps, and customers will be eligible to upgrade to speeds of up to 1 Gbps by the end of 2014. Surrounding cities launching at up to 100 Mbps will include Allen, Fairview, Irving, and McKinney. In Fort Worth, initial deployment will launch at up to 100 Mbps, and customers will be eligible to upgrade to speeds of up to 1 Gbps by the end of 2014. Additional cities around Fort Worth where up to 100 Mbps will also launch this summer include Arlington, Euless, Granbury, North Richland Hills, Weatherford, and Willow Park.
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