AT&T, WOW announce 1-gig deployments as battle over Huntsville, Ala. heats up

AT&T and WOW simultaneously announced 1-gig deployments Oct 11, setting up Huntsville (AL) as the latest unlikely location for a pitched battle between competing cable and telecommunication gigabit-speed services. For AT&T, Huntsville is among three more metropolitan areas that will have the switch turned on for 1-gig services in October.

Other cities now served include Detroit and Columbus (OH). WOW announced in August that it was bringing its “Gigtopia” service to five market say the end of the year. Oct 11, it said deployments have been made in four of them Huntsville and Auburn (AL).; Knoxville (TN); and Evansville (IN). "In both Auburn and Huntsville, we are already offering the highest speeds available with our 600 Mbps Internet service,” said WOW System Manager Matt DeMuro, in a statement. “By enabling 1 Gig Internet over our existing Alabama coax plant, WOW customers will be able to access the fastest Internet service from WOW.”