Greenville businesses and residents will soon be able to download 25 songs in less than a second, a TV show in three seconds and an HD movie in less than 36 seconds, thanks to AT&T’s plans to expand its high-speed Internet service GigaPower to the Greenville, Columbia and Charleston markets.
The announcement comes five years after Greenville residents led an unsuccessful campaign to bring GigaPower’s competitor, Google Fiber, to the Upstate.
Launched two years ago, GigaPower brings Internet speeds of up to one gigabit per second to 20 of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. Greenville is one of 38 planned market expansions, along with Columbia and Charleston, that will more than double GigaPower availability by the end of 2016, according to a news release.
“The AT&T GigaPower network will help encourage economic development in the Upstate by facilitating a new wave of innovation through enhanced opportunities for education, health, research and small business growth,” said AT&T South Carolina President Pamela Lackey. “This reflects the ongoing efforts by South Carolina’s state and local leadership to build and maintain a public policy environment that encourages private investment in advanced technology.”
