AT&T is aiming to prove that it continues to be a leader in the industry, by performing a test for faster internet speeds on its Fiber Network.
AT&T completed the test of a 1.6 terabit-per-second single-carrier wavelength across 296 kilometers of its commercial long-distance network, from Newark, New Jersey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to show that its network can handle the increased need for lightning fast internet, saying that there are “massive bandwidth demands driven by AI, user generated content, augmented and virtual reality, cloud computing, streaming video and more.” The company shared the technical details of the test in an announcement Wednesday.
“Traffic on AT&T’s network continues to increase as consumers are using more connected devices,” said Mike Satterlee, vice president, Network Infrastructure and Services, AT&T. “We anticipate network traffic growth to double by 2028 and the technologies demonstrated in this trial will play a key role in AT&T’s continued efforts to keep up with increasing customer demand to send data, watch videos, and use streaming services.”
In January, AT&T shared that it earned the title of America’s fastest internet in the latest Speedtest Connectivity Report from Ookla. The report showed that AT&T Fiber had a Speed Score of 367.05, over 32% higher than the closest competitor, along with a Consistency Score of 95.30%. The company is now showing that it can bring even faster speeds to a more demanding market.