AT&T Fiber Locations Expand to Four Additional Markets, Now Reaches 3 Million Locations

AT&T Fiber locations now reach 44 markets across the US, with the announcement of four new metro areas coming online with the gigabit capable fiber-to-the-premises service. AT&T eventually plans to reach 67 markets/metro areas nationwide, covering 12.5 million locations by mid-2019. The new markets include Baton Rouge (LA), Birmingham (AL), Charleston (SC), and Reno (NV). AT&T also announced expansion of AT&T Fiber in 16 existing markets. AT&T claims they now have an addressable AT&T Fiber audience of 3 million locations, of which over 500K are apartments and condo units, or MDUs. AT&T is expanding their AT&T Fiber locations, just as Google fiber retracts. They have made a point of highlighting this, gleefully so in some instances. As an incumbent provider with an extensive existing network, AT&T has distinct advantages over upstarts like Google fiber, who must overbuild markets at great expense and time.