AT&T has announced a new feature called Internet Backup that will automatically switch from a home’s wired internet to a cellular connection through a nearby smartphone should its fiber service experience a disruption.

AT&T is rolling out a new wireless service that its customers should neither expect nor want to use: a free Internet Backup for its fiber-optic residential broadband. Announced Monday, this promises an automatic cutover from a speedy wired connection to AT&T’s wireless network,

AT&T has annoucned a new feature which uses AT&T's wireless network to provide a backup home internet in the event of a fiber outage.