AT&T Network Enhancements Strengthen Nation's Fastest, Most Reliable 4G LTE Network in St. Louis

Blazing speeds.  Great reliability.  Broad coverage.  Excellent overall performance.  That’s what St. Louis residents want from their mobile Internet, and it’s exactly what AT&T* is delivering with an array of local wireless and wireline network upgrades completed in the first half of 2013. 

As part of its nearly $250 million investment in its Missouri wireless and wired networks so far this year, AT&T has completed several key network projects in St. Louis.  These projects, which are part of the company’s Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan announced last fall to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks, build on the nearly $2 billion AT&T has invested in its wireless and wired networks in St. Louis from 2009 through 2012.

This continued commitment to network enhancement and expansion has led to outstanding network performance for AT&T customers in St. Louis.

• The AT&T wireless network recently ranked 1st in St. Louis by RootMetrics®, an independent research and testing organization. AT&T was named the RootMetrics RootScore® Combined Award winner for its overall wireless network performance, including call, text and data performance.**
• AT&T was named St. Louis’ fastest 4G LTE network in PC Magazine’s 2013 Fastest Mobile Networks 30-market study.  AT&T swept the top rankings in all six U.S. regions from coast to coast: Northeast, Southeast, North-Central, South-Central, Northwest and Southwest.****

And AT&T now has the most reliable 4G LTE network.  According to independent third-party data, AT&T has the highest success rate for delivering mobile content across nationwide 4G LTE networks.*****

AT&T’s Project VIP is paying early dividends for St. Louis.  In just the first six months of 2013, nearly 2,650 additional business customer locations in St. Louis – located in more than 100 multi-tenant office buildings across the metro area – now have access to blazing-fast, reliable connections to Internet and cloud-based resources, which ride on the fiber network.

“Fast, reliable connectivity is essential to both quality of life and competitiveness at work,” said AT&T Missouri President John Sondag.  “No one understands that better than we do, and no one is doing more than AT&T to mobilize a world that works for people in St. Louis.  With initiatives like Project VIP, we’re working to ensure that St. Louis consumers and businesses remain at the leading edge of broadband services.”

Across St. Louis and Missouri, AT&T’s 2013 investments have resulted in expansion and enhancement of our 4G LTE network, which provides ultra-fast speeds.  AT&T 4G LTE is now available in St. Louis as well as Boonville, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Farmington, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Kirksville, Nevada, Sedalia, Springfield and Warrensburg.  Nationwide, more than 225 million Americans have access to AT&T 4G LTE service.  By year-end 2013, AT&T expects to cover nearly 270 million people and 400 markets with its 4G LTE network.

For more information about AT&T’s coverage in St. Louis or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer.  For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page.

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** St. Louis RootScore® Report, June 2013. Performance rankings of 4 mobile networks rely on scores calculated from random samples. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of AT&T. Visit www.rootmetrics.com for more details.

**** PC Magazine, June 17, 2013; http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2420333,00.asp

***** Speed claim based on comparison of national carriers' average 4G LTE download speeds for AndroidTM and Windows smartphones and iPhone 5. Reliability claim compares data transfer completion rates on nationwide 4G LTE networks. Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G speeds not available everywhere.