Google Fiber looks to bring gigabit internet to 34 new cities

Google Fiber looks to bring gigabit internet to 34 new cities

 At long last, Google has announced that it intends to roll out Google Fiber to 34 new cities in nine metropolitan areas, including San Antonio, San Jose, Portland, Phoenix, and Atlanta (a complete list is included below). Google Fiber has been a big success so far, offering true gigabit (1000 megabits per second) speeds to the populace of Kansas City and Provo. Later this year, Google Fiber will be turned on in the popular tech hub of Austin. Hopefully this expansion to 34 new cities is a sign that Google eventually intends to bring Google Fiber to larger/denser metropolitan areas, like New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago. At long last, America’s incumbent last-mile ISP monopolies, such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable, have something to be afraid of.

Google Fiber is one of Google’s more interesting side projects, bringing gigabit internet access to a few select cities in the US. Gigabit, or 1000Mbps, is about 100 times faster than the average US internet connection. It was first turned on in Kansas City in 2012, expanded to Provo (Utah) in January 2014, and is currently being rolled out in Austin (it’s scheduled to be turned on sometime this year). Google is now looking to expand Google Fiber to 34 cities in nine new metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, and San Jose. For a complete list of cities, hit up the Google Fiber website.