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AT&T Expands its Gigabit Fiber Network to Parts of Tulsa

AT&T continues to slowly but steadily expand scattered availability of the company's gigabit fiber broadband service. The company this week announced that its latest target market for expansion is Tulsa, Oklahoma, noting that customers in certain select areas of Tulsa, Jenks, Owasso and "surrounding communities" now have access to the ultra-fast service. The company says it's offering the symmerical gigabit connections for $70 per month for customers who bundle with other AT&T services, or $80 per month standalone for 12 months.

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The price for the standalone option jumps to $90 per month after the initial year-long promo ends.

AT&T's pricing for this service varies depending on the level of regional competition. With cable providers increasingly deploying DOCSIS 3.1-based gigabit service, and Google Fiber continuing to expand in select markets, AT&T's pricing for this service has dropped accordingly -- down from the $130 or more AT&T was originally charging in many early deployment markets.

The problem: AT&T considers an area "launched" even if this service is only available to a handful of housing developments, meaning many customers will find themselves disappointed when they head to the AT&T website to see if they actually qualify for service. Still, AT&T's quick to note that they've deployed gigabit fiber to parts of 55 metro areas nationwide, with plans n to reach at least 75 metros eventually.

"Today, we market a 1 gigabit connection1 on our 100% fiber network to over 5.5 million locations across 55 metros," crows AT&T. "We plan to reach at least 12.5 million locations by mid-2019."

The company's full announcement has a little more detail.

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Where's Corpus Christi?

AT&T announced they were expanding fiber to Corpus Christi a while back. They wired up about five apartment buildings and then took the city off the map, essentially leaving the city to the mercy of Spectrum (yuck).

C'mon, AT&T. Texas doesn't stop at San Antonio. We need our fiber!