AT&T has announced the immediate availability of the AT&T U-verse platform for high-speed Internet access to small businesses in more than 40 U.S. markets.

AT&T High-Speed Internet U-verse-Enabled Business Edition offers download speeds of up to 10 Mbps, which, depending on the applications needed, can serve up to 32 Internet access connections over existing telephone wiring in the customer's business, AT&T said.

AT&T Business U-verse also provides free unlimited access to the telco’s nationwide Wi-Fi network, which consists of more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide. The platform also offers subscribers virtually unlimited e-mail storage and online protection packages, including anti-spyware, anti-virus, pop-up blocker and SpamGuard Plus.

Markets where AT&T Business U-verse is available include portions of Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, the Bay Area, Riverside, San Bernardino and Carlsbad, Calif.; Hartford, Stamford and New Haven, Conn.; Atlanta, Ga; Anderson, Bloomington, Indianapolis and Muncie, Ind.; Northeastern Illinois; Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; Detroit; Cleveland, Akron and Columbus, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; and Milwaukee and Racine, Wis.

AT&T Business U-verse service will be made available to businesses in additional markets within AT&T's 22-state local service footprint in the coming months, the company said.

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