AT&T says it will expand its GigaPower fiber network...
AT&T says it will expand its GigaPower fiber network into Houston and Overland Park, Kansas, and offer its U-verse with GigaPower service in both cities. AT&T had identified the Houston and Kansas City, Missouri, metro areas in April as potential…
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areas of expansion for the network, which will eventually transmit at 1 Gbps (CD April 22 p8). The Overland Park City Council approved a memorandum of understanding Monday to allow AT&T to deploy additional fiber infrastructure. AT&T said it will announce specific locations where the service will be available in Overland Park later. The telco said it’s also currently considering deploying the GigaPower network in two other cities near Overland Park -- Leawood and Shawnee (http://soc.att.com/1p8gweX). AT&T said Tuesday it’s also currently deploying additional fiber infrastructure in Houston to support GigaPower, and will announce later additional information on locations where the service will be available (http://soc.att.com/1srQMep). The GigaPower network is currently operational only in Austin, but AT&T is expanding it into the Dallas-Fort Worth area and previously announced plans to expand it to the Nashville and San Antonio metro areas, along with three North Carolina metro areas -- Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem.