CENTRAL U.S. -- AT&T Reaches Major Michigan Investment Milestone

From MSN Money: (AT&T Reaches Major Michigan Investment Milestone; Announces Plan to Add More Than 40 New Cell Sites in 2009: PRNewswire Business News: T - MSN Money)

Here's just a snipet: I'm quite surprised that Mount Pleasant and Traverse City are about to get 3G this year. However, I'm disappointed that not 1 of the 40 cell sites is going to be in the Thumb (where they really need to beef up their coverage).

As part of its Michigan 2009 investment, AT&T plans to add more than 40 new cell sites throughout the state in areas including: Metro Detroit, Cheboygan, East Jordan, East Lansing, Elk Rapids, Fenton, Flint, Howell, Mount Pleasant, Muskegon, Port Huron, Rogers City and Saginaw. In addition, AT&T plans to introduce 3G service in Bay City, Holland, Midland, Mount Pleasant, Muskegon, Port Huron, Saginaw and Traverse City, which will expand its 3G footprint into Bay, Grand Traverse, Isabella, Midland, Muskegon, Saginaw and St. Clair counties.

"Over the last few years, the state legislature has worked to create an environment in Michigan which invited investment and expansion in the telecommunications market," said Gail Torreano, president, AT&T Michigan. "We continue to make significant investments to deliver dependable, high speed wireless access in more places across Michigan for consumers and business customers who need to stay connected to work, family and friends and our ongoing investments in Michigan will help us ensure that our state has access to the advanced wireless broadband services that help drive economic growth."

From 2006 to 2008, AT&T's total capital investment in Michigan was more than $2 billion. During that time, more than 60 new cell sites were activated and more than 500 sites were upgraded with technology that improves in-building coverage and enhances voice quality and data speeds. In addition, AT&T seamlessly transitioned over the former Dobson network in the Upper Peninsula and completed 3G network builds in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing.

 

A lot of Michigan's cities are Native American names. I think a lot of us are just so used to the names like Saginaw and such that other city names in other states almost seem so "plain jane." LOL.

 

Well I only meant mainly like southern cities that tend to spell names and such as they sound. Or just cities like Charlotte or Dallas or Little Rock are just kind of bland.

And I also looked up that name and I see that it's also referred to as Webster Lake nowadays.