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AT&T Reveals Dallas-Area Cities That Will Get Ultra-High-Speed Broadband Service

The company said the initial launch will include parts of Highland Park and University Park, with upload and download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

Ever since AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson revealed in March that his company would bring its ultra-high-speed broadband service to the Dallas area this summer, potential customers — and there appear to be many — have wanted more specifics.

What neighborhoods will get the service and exactly when?

Four months later, there are still few specifics. But AT&T did indicate Thursday which areas of the Dallas-Fort Worth region will receive its U-verse With GigaPower service later this summer.

The company said the initial launch will include parts of Highland Park and University Park, with upload and download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

The service will also launch in parts of Dallas, Allen, Fairview, Irving, and McKinney at speeds up to 100 megabits per second, the company said. Customers will be able to upgrade to 1 gigabit by the end of 2014.

Parts of Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless, Granbury, North Richland Hills, Weatherford and Willow Park will also get the service this summer. Initial speeds will be up to 100 megabits with 1 gigabit available by the end of the year.

Asked about the exact areas of each community that would receive the service, AT&T regional vice president Holly Reed said: “We’re not able to tell specific neighborhoods.” She said that information and pricing would come later.

Reed did say that initial deployment will be in areas that currently have AT&T’s U-verse service.

“With GigaPower, we’ve got the fastest speeds in town and nobody can touch us,” Reed said.

Currently, U-verse With GigaPower is only available in the Austin area, where AT&T executives have said demand has exceeded expectations.

The price there is $70 a month for Internet, which includes a free upgrade this year to speeds up to 1 gigabit, according to AT&T’s website. Bundles including TV and home phone are also available.

AT&T plans to launch GigaPower in North Carolina and is exploring more than 100 other cities across the country.

“The economics of fiber deployment are really starting to look good,” Stephenson said in March, when he revealed the Dallas plans.

Google is also deploying ultra-high-speed fiber connections in selected areas. Speed is important as the tech convergence makes video, in all of its forms, available anytime, anywhere, on any device.

AT&T said customers on its GigaPower network will be able to watch and record five simultaneous HD streams.

At 1 gigabit, the company said, a customer can download 25 songs in one second, download a TV show in less than three seconds and download an HD movie in less than 36 seconds.

©2014 The Dallas Morning News