Good-Bye, GigaPower, Hello ‘AT&T Fiber'

AT&T said it will deliver gigabit service to 11 more metro areas as it also drops the “GigaPower” name and starts to employ a new umbrella brand -- AT&T Fiber. The additional metros that will get 1-Gig from AT&T Fiber include Gainesville and Panama City (FL); Columbus (GA); Central Kentucky; Lafayette (LA); Biloxi-Gulfport and Northeast Mississippi; Wilmington (NC); Southeastern Tennessee and Knoxville; and Corpus Christi (TX). AT&T said the expansions increase its commitment to bring gigabit service to parts of at least 67 metros, and expects to have 45 of them online by the end of 2016. AT&T Fiber service is already deployed in 29 metro areas spanning 3 million “locations,” the company said, noting that it’s on track to exceed 12.5 million locations planned by mid-2019.