SPOKANE, Wash., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has invested nearly $60 million in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in Spokane and the Spokane Valley area from 2011 through 2013, driving a wide range of upgrades to enhance speed, reliability, coverage and performance for residents and business customers.
Advancing its Project Velocity IP (VIP), an investment plan to expand and enhance its wireless and wired IP broadband networks, AT&T in 2013 made 33 network upgrades in Spokane and the Spokane Valley area, including new cell sites, addition of wireless and wired network capacity, and new broadband network connections.
Notable network enhancements in the area last year included:
- AT&T turned on its 4G LTE network in Spokane, WA, last June, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology.
- AT&T expanded its 4G LTE network in existing Washington markets to include Cheney.
AT&T provides the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network today, covering nearly 280 million Americans with 4G LTE service.**
For more information about AT&T's coverage in Spokane and the Spokane Valley area or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page.
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** Claims Basis: Speed–national carriers' average speeds; Reliability–data transfer completion rates on nationwide 4G LTE networks. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G LTE not available everywhere.
To define a market, we rely on the Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA), as established by the United States Office of Management and Budget. Minor differences, if any, between annual totals reflect annual updating of market boundaries in our record systems.
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