SAN ANTONIO, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today
announced that millions of its customers with higher speed broadband plans
can now receive free access to AT&T's nationwide Wi-Fi network -- nearly
10,000 hot spots at popular locations across the country including leading
airports, McDonalds restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops
and popular sporting venues.
With the proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices including, most
recently, the iPhone but also laptops, wireless music systems and PDAs,
consumers are increasingly looking for on-the-go Internet connections. As
the nation's premier provider of broadband service and with the nation's
largest Wi-Fi network, AT&T offers consumers more high speed in more
places.*
Effective now, qualifying new and existing residential and small
business AT&T broadband customers instantly benefit from the free unlimited
Wi-Fi connectivity at company hot spots. Qualifying AT&T broadband packages
include: AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream),
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Elite (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream),
FastAccess Xtreme (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream) and FastAccess Xtreme 6.0 (up
to 6.0 Mbps downstream).
"Consumers are increasingly demanding anytime, anywhere connectivity,
and AT&T is uniquely able to deliver on their need for mobility, whether
it's broadband or wireless services," said Rick Welday, chief marketing
officer, AT&T Consumer. "Providing customers with more high speed access in
more places also gives us a competitive edge because we're able to offer an
on-the-go broadband experience that cable can't match."
In related news, AT&T also announced two new offers which allow
residential customers to experience Wi-Fi benefits in the comfort of their
own home -- still free of charge and free of wires when using an AT&T
Wireless (Wi-Fi) Gateway.
The AT&T Wireless Gateway enables residential broadband customers to
roam -- untethered -- throughout virtually any room in the home and receive
fast access to the Web using multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Hundreds of
thousands of AT&T broadband customers already have home Wi-Fi gateways;
AT&T ships an average of nearly 7,000 a day.
The new residential gateway offers include:
-- A free wireless gateway, after mail-in rebate or instant credit, for
AT&T wireless customers who order new AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet
Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 broadband service.
The offer is now available in select AT&T retail and dealer locations.
-- Beginning July 6, new orders placed online for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed
Internet Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 will
qualify for a free wireless gateway after mail-in rebate or instant
credit.
New broadband customers will immediately benefit from the free Wi-Fi
offer upon signing up for the qualified broadband plans at an AT&T retail
store, online at http://www.att.com or through a company call center. Wi-Fi
connectivity will be activated once customers receive their new broadband
service and complete both the setup and the registration process as a new
customer. Existing AT&T broadband customers who already subscribe to
qualifying speed packages can immediately log in to AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots,
at no charge, by using the master account user name and password created
for their broadband service.
AT&T is the premier provider of broadband service, with 12.9 million
broadband lines in service as of the first quarter of 2007, with the
nation's largest Wi-Fi network.
*Based on nonmunicipal, company-owned and operated hot spots
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About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services
provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at
http://www.att.com.
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