AT&T is rolling out its super-fast gigabit Internet service to Fresno, California, today and expanding service in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Oklahoma, and San Diego.
Parts of Fresno, Clovis, Visalia, and other areas of the Central Valley can now subscribe to AT&T GigaPower, which provides speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. Availability is limited to several apartment complexes in the Fresno area, though, such as at The Fountains at Alluvial in Clovis.
Some markets, like Austin, can get GigaPower for $70 per month, though AT&T said in today's announcements that it "offers Internet speeds up to 1Gbps for as low as $90 a month," so check with the company about pricing in your area.
In the Chicago region, where GigaPower launched a year ago, it will now be available in more than 25 communities in eight northern Illinois counties.
In LA, AT&T is expanding into Palmdale and surrounding communities; it previously rolled out to Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Riverside County. It's also coming to Chula Vista in San Diego, where it's already rolled out to 15 apartment complexes.
Miami residents can look for GigaPower in parts of Cutler Bay and El Portal; it's currently available in more than a dozen communities. Meanwhile, those in Oklahoma can tap into gigabit speeds in Edmond, Moore, and Norman, joining Oklahoma City.
Going forwar, AT&T plans to offer GigaPower in at least 31 more areas and 56 metro areas.
At full powerd, gigabit speeds can download 25 songs in one second, a TV show in three seconds or an HD movie in less than 36 seconds, AT&T says.
Of course, AT&T is by no means the only company competing in the market. The move to gigabit speeds by traditional ISPs like AT&T and Comcast were in part spurred by the success of Google Fiber, which announced this week that Dallas might be its next "fiberhood."