On Thursday, AT&T reached an agreement to beginning introducing ultra-high-speed internet to parts of the Triangle and Triad, The News and Observer reported.

The agreement is between an alliance of municipalities and universities throughout North Carolina, which includes the cities Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Winston Salem as well as UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, N.C. State University and Wake Forest University.

AT&T recognized these cities and universities as having significant consumer demand and government support to justify the necessary expensive fiber installations, according to the News & Observer.  

In order for the installations to take place, the agreement must be ratified by all six of the cities, all of which are members of the N.C. Next Generation Network.

The N.C. Next Generation Network is planning to create a “gigabit” network and has been separately negotiating with eight private companies about how build it, the N&O said. 

The N.C. Next Generation Network will partially be built using existing fiber-optics lines, data centers and underground conduits, according to the N&O.