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"High speed access has become an essential part of our lives and serves as the platform for receiving access to future technologies," said Loretta Walker, AT&T vice president and general manager, Sacramento/North Region. "AT&T is making a significant commitment to delivering next-generation communications technology to California consumers, who will benefit from more choices and innovative products."
Industry-Leading Features
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet delivers a unique high speed online experience, including differentiated entertainment-related video content, virtually unlimited e-mail storage, an award-winning parental controls offering, industry-leading safety and security features built into an online protection suite, multiple e-mail addresses and a core offering of customer-driven features, such as online marketing tools, to further customize the online experience.
In addition, the AT&T Yahoo! Online Protection suite of software features a comprehensive safety and security package with valuable tools, including spam filters and anti-virus protection, anti-spyware, pop-up ad-blocking and one of the industry's most extensive parental control offerings, which is recognized by The National Parenting Center with its Seal of Approval. AT&T Yahoo! Online Protection provides subscribers with a complete security solution that is simple to install, configure and keep up to date.
Compelling Prices and High Speeds
Residential customers can choose from four AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet speed tiers, each with a flat everyday low rate that doesn't require a 12-month commitment. Customers can also enjoy the same great price whether they order AT&T high speed Internet by phone, online (www.att.com) or when shopping with participating retailers.
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet features the following speeds and rates for residential customers:
Basic (up to 768 Kbps downstream; up to 384 Kbps upstream) is available for $14.99 a month (available for new customers only).
Express (up to 1.5 Mbps downstream; up to 384 Kbps upstream) is available for $19.99 a month.
Pro (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream; up to 512 Kbps upstream) is available for $24.99 a month.
Elite (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream; up to 768 Kbps upstream) is available for $34.99 a month.
The offer for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro and Elite includes even greater value with the addition of an AT&T Wireless Gateway. The gateway enables residential broadband customers to roam — untethered — throughout virtually any room in the home and receive fast access to the Web by 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.
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet service is available in the company's 13-state incumbent local exchange areas in which high speed Internet service is available: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Nevada and Connecticut.
Residential and small business high speed Internet customers can also enjoy their service on the go with a subscription to AT&T's Wi-Fi service, which provides a wireless broadband experience at nearly 10,000 locations nationwide, including airports, hotels, convention centers, coffee shops, restaurants and business centers. Customers with AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro or Elite automatically benefit from free, unlimited access to AT&T's nearly 10,000 hot spots nationwide.
AT&T is the premier provider of broadband service, with 13.8 million high speed Internet lines in service as of the third quarter of 2007, with the nation's largest Wi-Fi network.AT&T