AT&T yesterday announced the availability of AT&T Fiber® as part of a $33 million county-wide network deployment in Oldham County.
The announcement followed a roundtable discussion about the importance of bringing reliable, high-speed internet to connect people where they live and work, including rural areas.
Launched last year, this public-private partnership is an example of AT&T’s work with local governments looking to expand broadband access and narrow the digital divide in their communities and involves building broadband connections to more than 20,000 households and businesses over two years. Upon completion of the project, every home and small business in the county will have access to AT&T Fiber, a state-of-the-art service with available speeds up to 5 gigabits per second.
To help meet the demands for reliable, high-speed connections today – and in the future – AT&T is investing in their fiber network. With more than 1.8 million strand miles of fiber optics in Kentucky, AT&T Fiber is now available to over 350,000 customer locations around the state.
The new fiber network is capable of delivering speeds up to 5 Gbps on both upload and download. The faster speeds and capacity mean customers can now connect to data intensive online tools and applications, deploy precision agriculture technologies and access vital education resources from devices connected to the AT&T provided Wi-Fi network in their homes and businesses.
Erin Scarborough, President of Broadband and Connectivity Initiatives at AT&T
Today’s news underscores our commitment to working with state and local leaders to introduce ultra-fast, reliable and secure internet connectivity to new homes and businesses in Oldham County. Fiber is designed for today’s demands and tomorrow’s. Our investments are helping improve internet access throughout Kentucky whether it’s enabling remote learning for students and adults or providing access to telemedicine to improve health outcomes.
Carlos E. Sanchez, President, AT&T Kentucky
This project shows the potential and the power of public/private collaborations in working to eliminate the digital divide and connect communities. We appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this project and are excited as we continue working to deliver fiber everywhere in the County.
