{"id":8350,"date":"2009-12-18T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/att_continues_network_improvements.html"},"modified":"2009-12-18T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T14:43:23","slug":"att-continues-network-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/att-continues-network-improvements.html","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T Continues Network Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With so much criticism being aimed at AT&amp;T because of network problems throughout the US, it is good to see the company is continuing to invest in improving its infrastructure. Today in fact Ma Bell released a flurry of releases explaining where they are upgrading their network. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In 2010<\/b>: AT&amp;T plans to roll out even faster 3G speeds in 25 of the top 30 markets with deployment of HSPA 7.2. This technology doubles the theoretical peak speed of today&#8217;s 3G network. As with all wireless connections, typical real-world speeds will be less than the theoretical maximum, and will vary based on a number of factors. AT&amp;T is currently planning for field trials of next generation LTE wireless technology. AT&amp;T expects LTE field trials to begin next year, with deployment beginning in 2011, which is when manufacturers expect a wide variety of compatible devices to be available.<\/li>\n<li><b>Buffalo, NY<\/b>: $25million was invested in upgrading the network from 2007-2009. Details about how this money was spent was not available in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-buffalo-79646982.html\">release<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Baltimore, MD<\/b>: $25million was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-baltimore-79646822.html\">invested<\/a> in upgrading the network from 2007-2009. Areas of investment include 850 MHz spectrum deployment to 393 cell sites to substantially increase network capacity and in-building signal. In addition the company added 1,180 T1 lines for network capacity reasons as well as 11 new cell sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, check out the releases regarding the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-springfield-79646502.html\">Springfield, MA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-new-bedford-79646407.html\">Framingham, MA<\/a> &#8211; Home of Bose for those of you who don&#8217;t know.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-offers-winter-storm-tips-for-holiday-travelers-in-kentucky-79645262.html\">Louisville, KY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-mcallen-79645257.html\">McAllen, TX<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-worcester-79644982.html\">Worcester, MA<\/a> (rhymes with rooster)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-petersburg-79645002.html\">Petersburg, VA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-investment-delivers-improved-wireless-network-experience-in-hampton-roads-79644667.html\">Hampton Roads, VA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many people who know I work in technology media and ask me at parties what AT&amp;T is going to do if\/when their wireless exclusivity with the iPhone fades. Then the typical tale of poor network quality ensues. I suppose from now on when I get such questions I will send this link. The US is a huge place and the complaints I hear about dropped calls on the AT&amp;T network range from New England to California so the investment the company is making can&#8217;t come soon enough for millions of AT&amp;T customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so much criticism being aimed at AT&amp;T because of network problems throughout the US, it is good to see the company is continuing to invest in improving its infrastructure. Today in fact Ma Bell released a flurry of releases explaining where they are upgrading their network. Here are some highlights: In 2010: AT&amp;T plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166,158,168,170,171,172,182,160,163,199,187,1669,189,118,174,191,175],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}