SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands
more San Diego-area residents have
a new choice for their Internet and television, thanks to wider
availability of AT&T U-verse® services. AT&T* today
announced that U-verse expanded to more than 4,200 local customer
locations in July. More than 187,000 customer locations were added
across AT&T's wireline territory in the same month.
The services include AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet,
AT&T U-verse TV and AT&T U-verse Voice. The expansion is
part of AT&T's Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year
investment plan to expand and enhance AT&T's wireless and
wireline Internet Protocol (IP) broadband networks. It's being
driven by growing customer demand for high-speed Internet access
and new mobile, app and cloud services.
A large amount of the local growth – more than 2,000 customer
locations – took place in San
Diego during July. Customer locations were also added in
many other area cities, towns and neighborhoods, including
significant numbers in:
AT&T U-verse offers customers the freedom to watch hit TV
shows virtually anywhere – using a TV, computer, tablet or
smartphone. Customers have access to extensive HD channels,
competitive Internet speeds, flexible bundles of services and
continued innovation.
"It's gratifying to hear the positive impact these services make
on the lives of AT&T customers," said Tammi Terrell, vice president and general
manager of AT&T Southwest and Hawaii. "They tell us they have become even
closer to their friends and family members, and better equipped to
deliver their best at work because of U-verse's ability to make TV,
Internet and voice services work together seamlessly."
Where AT&T U-verse services are available, subscribers are
more satisfied overall when compared to cable's video and Internet
subscribers.** U-verse recently received three Women's Choice
Awards® as "America's Most Recommended Brand among women for
Broadband, Television and Phone Service." AT&T U-verse TV also
was named 2013 Video Company of the Year by Frost &
Sullivan.
Geographic and service restrictions apply to AT&T U-verse
services. For more information on AT&T U-verse – or to find out
if it's available in your area – visit www.att.com/u-verse.
* AT&T products and services are provided or offered by
subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T
brand and not by AT&T Inc.
**Customer satisfaction ranking by American Customer Satisfaction
Index.
About AT&T
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communications holding company and one of the most honored
companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T
operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in
the United States and
internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that
includes the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network, AT&T is a
leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and
cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also
offers the best global wireless coverage, based on offering roaming
in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offers the
most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also
offers advanced TV service with the AT&T U-verse® brand. The
company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one
of the most advanced in the world.
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Reliability: Based on third party data regarding nationwide
carriers' 4G LTE. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G LTE not available
everywhere.
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