After being suspended for five years, Google Fiber high-speed internet is finally expanding to new cities and states in the US
As I mentioned ZDNet (Opens in a new tab)in Blog post (Opens in a new tab) CEO Denny Jain explained that the company is currently in talks with city leaders in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho to bring fiber-to-home service to their communities.
Going forward, these states will be the primary focus for Google Fiber over the next several years, but they will also continue to expand their presence in Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Salt Lake City and other metro areas where their service is currently available.
Meanwhile, Google Fiber recently announced plans to expand gigabit fiber-optic internet service to Mesa, Arizona, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since Mesa already agreed licensing agreements with the company in July, SiFi, Ubiquity, Wyyerd and Google Fiber will now be able to begin the process of allowing the installation of fiber optic networks in the city according to ABC 15 Arizona (Opens in a new tab).
Why has Google Fiber’s expansion been halted
Google Fiber’s expansion across the United States was proceeding at an appropriate pace until 2016 when its chief executive at the time, Greg Barratt, resigned. The same service was launched back in 2012 with the aim of disrupting the US broadband market that has historically been dominated by Comcast and AT&T.
Barrat’s departure paused Google Fiber roll out for potential fiber cities (Opens in a new tab) Including Los Angeles, Dallas, Tampa, Jacksonville, Portland, Phoenix, San Diego, San Jose and Oklahoma City.
While not all of these cities got high-speed broadband from the search giant, San Diego is now a Google Fiber Webpass where point-to-point wireless internet is available for offices, apartments, and other high-occupancy buildings thanks to installation from rooftop antennas.
Not offered at the national level
Although Google Fiber has resumed its expansion efforts, if you don’t live in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, or Idaho, you may not be so lucky.
In an exclusive interview with Reuters (Opens in a new tab)Jain explained to news outlets that the company does not plan to roll out nationwide, saying:
“There was an impression 10 years ago that Google Fiber was trying to build the whole country. What we’re referring to here is, ‘No, we’re not trying to build the whole country.'”
While that could certainly change, Google Fiber has been around for a decade now, and if the company wanted to cover the entire US in high-speed broadband, it probably would have already.
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