AT&T offers US iPhone users free WiFi and super fast broadband.
As News.com reports, AT&T announced on Wednesday that it will soon offer its broadband subscribers unlimited free Wi-Fi access in its hotspots and a new supercharged 10Mbps tier of internet access service.
Free Wi-Fi will be offered only to AT&T broadband subscribers who subscribe to services with 1.5Mbps downloads or higher. Subscribers to AT&T wireless service will not be offered free Wi-Fi.
AT&T is reported to have more than 10,000 Wi-Fi hot spots in the U.S. in locations like McDonald’s restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops, and sporting venues. The carrier has been offering free Wi-Fi access to its higher-speed broadband customers since last year.
With that new offer AT&T is likely to bundle cell phone service with their broadband service. As news.com reports it might also be a way of competing with other cellular providers like T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile offers its subscribers access to its more than 8,000 Wi-Fi hot spots. Also, T-Mobile gives its customers the ability to switch between Wi-Fi and the cell phone network while they are at home.
AT&T also announced that it would offer a new home broadband service with 10Mbps downloads and 1.5Mbps uploads. New service has been called U-verse. U-verse has been designed to deliver TV and broadband over the same Internet connection to the home. That new service would costs $55 a month. U-verse subscribers also qualify to receive free Wi-Fi access.
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