FirstNet through Savvik is for Business signup only.  Personal signup needs to be done at an AT&T retail location.

For public safety, by public safety

Due to communications challenges during the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 9/11 Commission recommended the establishment of a single, interoperable network for public safety. For years, public safety organizations lobbied Congress to make this recommendation a reality. Therefore, when Congress established the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) in 2012, it based its mission on public safety’s express concerns and desires.

To truly design the FirstNet network for public safety by public safety – a distinction that makes it unique in American telecommunications history – FirstNet continuously consults with local, state/territory, tribal and federal public safety agencies across the country.

Over the past several years, FirstNet has collaborated with public safety stakeholders and leadership from each state and territory. Never before has the public safety community had the opportunity to provide input towards the creation of a nationwide broadband network tailored specifically to meet their needs as they save lives and protect communities across the nation.

Nationwide coverage

FirstNet wireless coverage reaches more than 99 percent of Americans. When the network is fully built out, it will extend coverage to 2.74 million square miles, covering 76.2 percent of the continental United States and the District of Columbia. FirstNet provides the same services, support, and capabilities that are provided on the mainland to public safety responders in Hawaii and Alaska. FirstNet service will also be provided on all five of the U.S. island territories.

Coverage and capacity continue to expand where first responders need it most. The FirstNet build is being carried out with direct feedback from state and public safety officials. Sites are constructed using the FirstNet Band 14 spectrum, as well as other spectrum bands in the AT&T commercial spectrum portfolio.

The FirstNet network is based on a unique hybrid of shared AT&T and dedicated FirstNet assets, supported by billions of dollars invested in people, processes, systems, and equipment designed to provide customers with the first nationwide, public safety grade LTE network.