[opendtv] Google Fiber Sets 18-City Expansion | Multichannel

From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:39:50 -0500
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/google-fiber-sets-18-city-expansion/387338

Google Fiber Sets 18-City Expansion

So, maybe Google sees a real business in this broadband thing, after all. 

Google Fiber confirmed earlier reports that it will bring its mix of 1-Gig and 
pay-TV services to 18 new cities across four metro areas in the Southeast U.S. 
– Atlanta, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

Depending on the market, that means Google Fiber will be crossing swords with 
incumbent providers such as AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast, while 
continuing to avoid any clashes with Verizon FiOS.

Google Fiber has already launched or started deployments in Kansas City; Provo, 
Utah; and Austin, Texas.

Here’s a list of metros and the individual cities that are now in line:

-Atlanta (including Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, College Park, Decatur, East 
Point, Hapeville, Sandy Springs, and Smyrna)

-Raleigh-Durham (including Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Garner, and 
Morrisville)

-Charlotte

-Nashville

“We have completed the exploration phase, and now people across the Southeast 
are a big step closer to having access to superfast speeds,” Google Fiber noted 
in a one-pager about the plan. Google Fiber's deployment timelines for these 
new cities was not immedietly known, but the company did say it will be working 
with those cities over the “next several months” as it prepares to push ahead 
on a process that factors in elements such as network design and construction 
and, eventually, customer sign-ups and service installations. 

Google Fiber also announced that it is continuing to explore expansions to five 
more metros:

-Phoenix (including Scottsdale and Tempe). Incumbents include CenturyLink and 
Cox Communications. 

-Portland (including Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, Lake Oswego, and Tigard). 
Incumbents include Comcast, Frontier Communications, and CenturyLink.

-Salt Lake City. Comcast and CenturyLink are the major incumbents. 

-San Antonio (TWC and AT&T are incumbents). 

-San Jose (including Santa  Clara, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto). 
Comcast and AT&T are among the incumbents. 

Google Fiber said it expects to provide updates on those potential expansion 
plans later this year. 

Google Fiber’s expansion announcement comes as the FCC prepares to vote on 
upping the definition of “broadband” from  4 Mbps down by 1 Mbps upstream, to 
25 Mbps/3 Mbps, and gets ready to vote on a proposed new set of network 
neutrality rules.
[opendtv] Google Fiber Sets 18-City Expansion | Multichannel

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