South Carolina Broadband Office Announces Plans to Bring AT&T Fiber-Powered Broadband to More Than 9,000 Customer Locations in Charleston and Greenville
AT&T fiber with speeds up to 5 Gig planned to bridge the digital divide
The South Carolina Broadband Office announced an expansion project with AT&T*. AT&T fiber Over 9,000 additional customer locations in Greenville and Charleston.
In Greenville, AT&T was selected to build AT&T fiber at approximately 2,500 customer locations in a project worth $12.3 million.
Charleston requires plans to deliver AT&T fiber to approximately 6,900 customer locations on a project worth $10.5 million.
“For South Carolina to remain competitive, especially in rural areas, high-speed Internet must be available to all South Carolinians,” said Gov. Henry McMaster. Thanks to our partnerships with our private partners, we can continue to make great strides and ultimately improve the quality of life for thousands of South Carolinians.”
Plans should allow residents and businesses access to the fastest internet offering speeds up to 5 Gig1 and 25x faster upload speed2 More upload bandwidth than cable.3 With faster speeds and more bandwidth, customers can connect multiple devices, stream multiple entertainment sources, quickly upload content to social media, and experience ultra-low latency for professional-level gaming. All these can be done at the same time.
Extensive planning and engineering work on this project will begin immediately. Network construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
“The introduction of fast and reliable AT&T Fiber in Greenville and Charleston has digital divide finished public-private partnershipsaid Jane Sosebee, president of AT&T South Carolina. “We are using AT&T Fiber to connect more South Carolinians to blazing-fast internet, helping improve education, telemedicine and entrepreneurship in Palmetto.”
AT&T has extensive experience deploying fiber throughout South Carolina. In fact, right now, he has access to AT&T fiber in over 400,000 locations across the state.
Residents and businesses can learn more about AT&T Fiber. att.com/fiber You can sign up to be notified when the service becomes available at the following address. att.com/notifyme.
AT&T is working to further bridge the digital divide by deploying AT&T Fiber through public-private partnerships in communities across the country, encouraging adoption and providing affordable Internet solutions.
One way to do that is by joining the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP offers eligible households up to $30 per month (up to $75 per month for eligible tribal lands) to reduce the cost of broadband service and is applicable to AT&T fiber where available.or it Access from AT&Toffers speeds up to 100Mbps for $0 after ACP benefits are applied. After confirming ACP qualificationCall us at 866-986-0963 or visit us. online Review options and ordering services. Have your ACP Application ID handy when you do this.
About AT&T in South Carolina
From 2019 to 2021, AT&T invested approximately $800 million in wireless and wireline networks. south carolina Extend your coverage and improve connections in more communities. This investment has improved reliability, coverage and overall performance for residents and businesses. It also improved critical communications services for first responders in South Carolina. fast net® network.
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