AT&T Launches Microsite For Boston-Providence Area To Show Up-to-Date Local Network Upgrades

Published on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 11:16 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

BOSTON, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is offering wireless users in the greater Boston and Providence areas a bird's-eye view of AT&T's wireless network enhancements. Beginning today, local AT&T customers can see area network enhancements for the nation's largest 4G network by simply visiting the new "focus: Boston-Providence" microsite. Updated weekly, the microsite provides an unparalleled view, unlike any other in the industry, of what AT&T is doing to enhance the customer experience.

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Visitors to the microsite will see a map of the area – which spans from greater Boston out to Worcester, up to southern New Hampshire and down through Cape Cod and Providence – and they are prompted to select the city or town they're most interested in exploring. The majority of AT&T's mobile Internet traffic in this territory runs over enhanced backhaul -- or the cables that connect sites to the overall AT&T network -- to provide customers with 4G speeds.

The hyper-local map displays neighborhood-level network enhancements made by AT&T since the beginning of 2011. Enhancements include new cell sites, mobile Internet speed upgrades, capacity upgrades and network connection upgrades. The focus: Boston-Providence (http://att.com/BostonNetwork) microsite interactive map is also optimized for most mobile devices.

In the greater Boston-Providence area**, from the beginning of 2011 through mid-June 2012, AT&T has:

• Built nearly 25 new cell sites, providing more bars in the area.
• Upgraded nearly 45 cell sites, providing faster mobile Internet speeds.
• Added nearly 800 carriers to increase spectrum on area cell sites, providing extra capacity to reduce dropped calls and improve service quality at busy times.
• Expanded more than 1,200 network connections with fiber lines at area cell sites, helping reduce dropped calls and enable 4G*** speeds.

 

In addition to the Boston-Providence area, AT&T has created microsites for: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, South Florida, St. Louis, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington, DC. All sites are accessible at the "focus: AT&T" landing page.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

**Greater Boston-Providence Area includes the US Census metro areas of Boston, Concord, Laconia, Manchester, Providence and Worcester, plus the Cape Cod area.

***4G speeds not available everywhere.  Compatible device required.  Learn more at att.com/network.

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