AT&T announced today "ultra-fast" fiber internet is now available in the Birmingham area.

The service will cost $90 for one GB per second as a standalone service and is similar to another recently offered in Huntsville. It can be cheaper when bundled with other offers from AT&T.

"This is a launch. We're just getting started," said Alabama At&T president Fred McCollum.

Elected officials say the service will help bring more business to the area.

"When you try to attract new businesses, to bring them into our beloved area, they want to know if you have water, if you have sewer, if you have a good ingress and egress to and from the facility, and they want to know if you have fast internet - if you have fiber optics," Jefferson County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens said. "Now we can tell them yes to all of that, and that is part of working together."