Atlanta Among first cities with AT&T's New High-Speed Internet service for businesses

AT&T Business Fiber Internet Service to Provide Speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per Second in Multi-Tenant Office Buildings

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Dec 18, 2014, 11:31 ET

ATLANTA, Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is now offering Atlanta businesses a new U-verse^® High-Speed Internet service. AT&T Business Fiber provides upload and download speeds up to 300 megabits per second** with future plans to reach up to 1 gigabit per second. This no-contract service supports business critical applications such as video conferencing, working in the cloud and disaster recovery.

With 300 megabits per second, businesses could download five gigabits of high-definition video in two minutes and better connect with their customers, business partners and suppliers - and will better assist Atlanta businesses looking for highly secure, fast transactions.

Atlanta is the latest market to have access to AT&T Business Fiber. It joins Austin, Texas; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas; Detroit; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Kan; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami; Orlando, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Antonio; San Francisco; San Jose, Calif; and St. Louis.

Businesses want services that help protect and virtualize their information. With AT&T Business Fiber, customers have access to an array of services in addition to high-speed Internet: network security options, online backup and other cloud-based services. Specifically, AT&T Business Fiber can help businesses more quickly and efficiently complete:

Uploading and downloading large data files and images;
Sharing large files with employees or customers in other locations;
Uploading edits to company websites;
Backing up data remotely in the cloud at one or multiple locations; and
Video conferencing with suppliers, business partners and customers.

Not available in all building locations. To learn if AT&T Business Fiber is available in your building, please visit: http://www.corp.att.com/businessfiber/

For more information about other products and services available to businesses, please visit: http://www.att.com or call 800-660-3000.

^*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.

**Internet speed claims represent maximum network Service Capability speeds. Actual customer speeds may vary and are not guaranteed. Actual speeds vary based on factors including site traffic, content provider server capacity, internal network management factors, device capabilities, and use of other U-verse services.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier 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 network with the nation's strongest LTE signal as well as the nation's most reliable 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 and signal strength claims based on nationwide carriers' LTE. Signal strength claim based ONLY on avg. LTE signal strength. LTE not available everywhere.

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