Cupertino to get super-fast broadband service

Cupertino (CA) is about to get a GigaPower boost to speed up Internet service.

AT&T is set to announce it will bring super-fast broadband service, dubbed GigaPower, to Apple's hometown. It promises download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, which is fast enough to download a high-definition movie in half a minute and is 100 times faster than the connection in the average American home. Cupertino will be the first city west of the Rockies to get the service. AT&T's service upgrade in Cupertino follows Google's decision to reject this city's bid Google's rival fiber service. AT&T hopes to offer the service to Cupertino residents as early as December, or early next year, said Ken McNeeley, president of AT&T's California operations. The company hopes to roll out service to other Bay Area cities early in 2015 and to San Jose in the first half of next year, he said. But those time lines aren't firm and are dependent in part on how long it takes to go through the permitting process in each city, McNeeley said.