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{{short description|Broadband network from Alphabet in the United States}}

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{{Infobox ~~dot-com company~~website

| name = GFiber

| logo = ~~Google Fiber combined logo~~[[File:GFiber.svg|150px]]

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| industry = [[List of multiple-system operators|Multiple-system operator]]

| products = [[Internet access|Broadband Internet~~]]<br />[[IPTV~~]]<br />[[Voice over IP|VoIP telephone]]

| key_people = Dinesh Jain<br />([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] of Access)<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16982174/alphabet-google-fiber-access-division-time-warner-cable-hire-dinesh-jain|title = Alphabet hires Time Warner Cable executive to lead Access and Google Fiber|date = February 6, 2018|access-date = March 4, 2018|archive-date = March 5, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063638/https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16982174/alphabet-google-fiber-access-division-time-warner-cable-hire-dinesh-jain|url-status = live}}</ref>

| owner = [[Google]] (2010–2015)<br />Access/[[Alphabet Inc.]] (2015–present)

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'''Google Fiber''', sometimes stylized as '''GFiber''', is a [[fiber-to-the-premises|fiber]] [[broadband Internet~~]] and [[IPTV~~]] service operated by '''Google Fiber Inc.''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2010 |title=Google Fiber Inc. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4837184 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref> a subsidiary of [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Daisuke |last=Wakabayashi |title=Google Curbs Expansion of Fiber Optic Network, Cutting Jobs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/technology/google-curbs-expansion-of-fiber-optic-network-cutting-jobs.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 25, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013807/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/technology/google-curbs-expansion-of-fiber-optic-network-cutting-jobs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> servicing a ~~small and slowly increasing~~growing number of ~~locations~~households in cities in 19 states across the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Miguel |last=Helft |title=Hoping for Gift From Google? Go Jump in the Lake |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22stunts.html |website=The New York Times |date=March 21, 2010 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609011811/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22stunts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In mid-2016, Google Fiber ~~had 68,715 television subscribers and~~ was estimated to have about 453,000 broadband customers.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Baumgartner |title=Google Fiber 'Very Pleased' with TV Sign-Ups |url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/google-fiber-very-pleased-tv-sign-ups/407629 |website=[[Multichannel News]] |date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225003050/http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/google-fiber-very-pleased-tv-sign-ups/407629 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The service was first introduced to the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]],<ref name="KCK">{{cite web |first=Milo |last=Medin |title=Ultra high-speed broadband is coming to Kansas City, Kansas |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2011/03/ultra-high-speed-broadband-is-coming-to.html |website=Official Google Blog |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223062247/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2011/03/ultra-high-speed-broadband-is-coming-to.html |url-status=live }}</ref> including twenty Kansas City area suburbs within the first three years. Initially proposed as an experimental project,<ref>{{cite web |first1=Minnie |last1=Ingersoll |first2=James |last2=Kelly |title=Think big with a gig: Our experimental fiber network |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html |website=Official Google Blog |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129150926/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Google Fiber was announced as a viable business model in December 2012, when Google executive chairman [[Eric Schmidt]] stated "It's actually not an experiment, we're actually running it as a business", at ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} DealBook Conference.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael V. |last=Copeland |title=Eric Schmidt Says Google Fiber Won't Stop With Kansas City |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/12/google-fiber-not-just-kansas-city/ |website=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423172425/https://www.wired.com/2012/12/google-fiber-not-just-kansas-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Google Fiber announced expansion to [[Austin, Texas]], and [[Provo, Utah]], in April 2013, and subsequent expansions in 2014 and 2015 to [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Research Triangle]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Salt Lake City]], and [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Brodkin |title=Google Fiber plans service in San Antonio, its biggest city yet |url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2015/08/google-fiber-plans-service-in-san-antonio-its-biggest-city-yet/ |website=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517191245/https://arstechnica.com/business/2015/08/google-fiber-plans-service-in-san-antonio-its-biggest-city-yet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> GFiber resumed expansion and by early 2024, GFiber also served Huntsville (Alabama), Maricopa County (Arizona), Des Moines and West Des Moines (Iowa), Omaha (Nebraska) among others.

In August 2015, [[Google]] announced its intention to restructure the company, moving less central services and products into a new umbrella corporation, [[Alphabet Inc.]] As part of this restructuring plan, Google Fiber would become a subsidiary of Alphabet and would possibly become part of the Access and Energy business unit.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Bergen |title=Meet Access, the Google Unit That's Taking On Comcast and the Rest of the Cable Biz |url=http://www.recode.net/2015/11/30/11620972/meet-google-alphabets-access-and-energy-division-home-to-google-fiber |website=[[Recode]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |date=November 30, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410141434/https://www.recode.net/2015/11/30/11620972/meet-google-alphabets-access-and-energy-division-home-to-google-fiber |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2016, all expansion plans were put on hold and some jobs were cut.<ref name="Pause" /> Google said it would continue to provide Google Fiber service in the cities where it was already installed. Since then, GFiber acquired Webpass to add presence in 5 additional states.

In March 2022, Google Fiber announced it would bring high speed internet to the [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], metro area, making it the first expansion in five years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clayworth |first=Jason |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Google Fiber is coming to Des Moines |url=https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2022/04/05/google-fiber-des-moines-construction |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811204503/https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2022/04/05/google-fiber-des-moines-construction |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2022-08-11 |title=Google Fiber isn't dead, it's expanding |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/11/23301208/google-fiber-expansion-plans-five-states-arizona-colorado-nebraska-nevada-idaho |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=The Verge |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811204503/https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/11/23301208/google-fiber-expansion-plans-five-states-arizona-colorado-nebraska-nevada-idaho |url-status=live }}</ref> GFiber has resumed very active expansion in several new states

In August 2022, Google Fiber announced it would expand into 22 metro areas in five states ([[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], [[Idaho]], [[Nebraska]], and [[Nevada]]), including previously announced expansions into [[Mesa, Arizona|Mesa]], Arizona, and [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], Colorado, based on where it felt speeds were lagging.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dave |first=Paresh |date=2022-08-10 |title=Exclusive: Google Fiber plans 5-state growth spurt, biggest since 2015 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-google-fiber-plans-5-state-growth-spurt-biggest-since-2015-2022-08-10/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810185128/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-google-fiber-plans-5-state-growth-spurt-biggest-since-2015-2022-08-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It also announced additional investment in [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=Google Fiber expanding in NC markets, too {{!}} WRAL TechWire |url=https://wraltechwire.com/2022/08/10/google-fiber-expanding-in-nc-too-spokesperson-says/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=wraltechwire.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811071137/https://wraltechwire.com/2022/08/10/google-fiber-expanding-in-nc-too-spokesperson-says/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[CNET]]'' characterized this an example of fast fiber winning the [[Broadband networks|broadband]] wars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |title=While You Weren't Watching, Fiber Broadband Leapfrogged DSL and Cable in Much of the World |url=https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/fast-fiber-networks-have-quietly-won-the-broadband-war/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=CNET |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811204503/https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/fast-fiber-networks-have-quietly-won-the-broadband-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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| Internet bandwidth ([[Upstream (networking)|upload]]) || 1 Gbit/s

|1 Gbit/s (2  Gbit/s select markets)

|5 Gbit/s

|8 Gbit/s

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** Austin

** San Antonio

* Utah

** Logan ~~(upcoming as of 2023)~~

** Provo

** Salt Lake City

* Washington

** Seattle

*Nebraska

** Bellevue (upcoming as of 2023)

** Omaha (upcoming as of 2023)

*North Carolina

** Charlotte

** The Triangle

*South Carolina

** Tega Cay (upcoming as of 2023)

*Tennessee

** Murfreesboro (upcoming as of 2023)

** Nashville

*Illinois

** Chicago

*Idaho

** Pocatello (upcoming as of 2023)

*lowa

** Council Bluffs (upcoming as of 2023)

** Des Moines

** West Des Moines

*Kansas/Missouri

** Kansas City

*Colorado

** Denver

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** Westminster (upcoming as of 2023)

** Wheat Ridge (upcoming as of 2023)

*Florida

** Miami

*Georgia

** Atlanta

*Alabama

** Huntsville

*Arizona

** Chandler (upcoming as of 2023)

** Mesa

*California

** Oakland

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** San Diego

** San Francisco

===Stanford University===

* In summer 2011, Google launched a free trial of its forthcoming fiber service in one residential community near [[Stanford University]] in [[Palo Alto, California]].<ref name="Stanford trial">{{cite web |title=Google Fiber Goes Live Near Stanford |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/4661/google-fiber-goes-live-near-stanford |publisher=anandtech.com |date=August 22, 2011 |access-date=September 5, 2011 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126070619/https://www.anandtech.com/show/4661/google-fiber-goes-live-near-stanford |url-status=live }}</ref>

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===Utah===

* [[Provo, Utah]] – On April 17, 2013, it was announced that Provo would become the third Google Fiber City.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Lo |title=Google Fiber—On the Silicon Prairie, the Silicon Hills, and now the Silicon Slopes |url=https://fiber.googleblog.com/2013/04/silicon-slopes.html |website=Official Google Fiber Blog |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213925/https://fiber.googleblog.com/2013/04/silicon-slopes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Expansion of Google Fiber service to Provo, Utah will be accomplished through an agreement<ref name=provoPurchaseAgreement>{{cite web|title=Asset Purchase Agreement |url=http://provo.org/asset-purchase-agreement.pdf |quote=This Asset Purchase Agreement... ...between Google Fiber Inc., a Delaware corporation ('Purchaser'), and Provo City Corporation, a Utah municipal corporation ('Seller'). }}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with the City of Provo to allow Google to acquire the existing fiber network known as "[[iProvo]]". The agreement will allow Google to purchase the iProvo network for $1, while requiring Google to upgrade the aging network to [[gigabit]] capacity, offer free gigabit service to 25 local public institutions, and offer 5  Mbit/s service to every home in the city for free after a $300 activation fee.<ref name=networkServiceAgreement>{{cite web|title=Network Services Agreement |url=http://provo.org/network-services-agreement.pdf |quote=terms and conditions upon which Google Fiber will provide high speed broadband Internet access services to the City and certain residents of Provo, free of charge.}}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Fiber Pricing Provo |url=https://fiber.google.com/cities/provo/ |access-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128193435/https://fiber.google.com/cities/provo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Salt Lake City]] - On March 24, 2015, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. Service became available for signup on August 24, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Brodkin |title=Google Fiber hits Salt Lake City, now available in seven metro areas |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/google-fiber-hits-salt-lake-city-now-available-in-seven-metro-areas/ |website=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |date=August 24, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110238/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/google-fiber-hits-salt-lake-city-now-available-in-seven-metro-areas/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Millcreek, Utah|Millcreek]]: On July 14, 2020, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into Millcreek, Utah with the goal of serving their first Millcreek customers in early 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Fiber is Coming to Millcreek, UT |url=https://fiber.google.com/blog/2020/google-fiber-is-coming-to-millcreek-ut/ |access-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930105451/https://fiber.google.com/blog/2020/google-fiber-is-coming-to-millcreek-ut/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On December 28, 2021, Google posted a blog article reflecting back on the year of 2021. In this article, they mentioned that the following cities had begun offering service sometime in 2021: Millcreek, South Salt Lake, Holladay, and Taylorsville.<ref name="fiber.google.com">{{cite web |title=Looking back on an interesting year |date=December 28, 2021 |url=https://fiber.google.com/blog/2021/looking-back-on-an-interesting-year/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426230249/https://fiber.google.com/blog/2021/looking-back-on-an-interesting-year/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* [[Taylorsville, Utah|Taylorsville]]: On April 22, 2021, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into Taylorsville, Utah.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Fiber coming to Taylorsville |date=April 22, 2021 |url=https://www.taylorsvilleut.gov/Home/Components/News/News/356/265 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226071719/https://www.taylorsvilleut.gov/Home/Components/News/News/356/265 |url-status=live }}</ref> By July 26, 2021, Google had announced that construction was underway and expected to be completed by early 2022.<ref name="One hot summer in the Salt Lake Val"/> On December 28, 2021, Google posted a blog article reflecting back on the year of 2021. In this article, they mentioned that the following cities had begun offering service sometime in 2021: Millcreek, South Salt Lake, Holladay, and Taylorsville.<ref name="fiber.google.com"/>

* [[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]] - On May 5, 2021, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into Sandy, Utah. The initial timeline was to complete an "initial footprint" within two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Fiber coming to another Salt Lake County city |date=May 5, 2021 |url=https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/google-fiber-coming-to-another-salt-lake-county-city/ |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505222734/https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/google-fiber-coming-to-another-salt-lake-county-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 22, 2022, Google announced that it had begun offering service in Sandy and North Salt Lake.<ref name="Things to watch on the Wasatch Fron">{{cite web |title=Things to watch on the Wasatch Front |date=March 22, 2022 |url=https://fiber.google.com/blog/2022/things-to-watch-on-the-wasatch-front/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506212256/https://fiber.google.com/blog/2022/things-to-watch-on-the-wasatch-front/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[North Salt Lake, Utah|North Salt Lake]] - On July 26, 2021, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into North Salt Lake, Utah. Construction efforts were expected to begin soon after with a completion date sometime in early 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of North Salt Lake City Council Meeting |date=July 26, 2021 |url=https://www.nslcity.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2517 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226071720/https://www.nslcity.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2517 |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 22, 2022, Google announced that it had begun offering service in Sandy and North Salt Lake and that it was approved to begin construction in White City, Draper, Riverton, Springville, West Bountiful, and West Jordan.<ref name="Things to watch on the Wasatch Fron"/>

===Charlotte, North Carolina===

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=== San Antonio, Texas ===

On April 14, 2016, Google sent a blast email to early adopters of Google Fiber announcing that they were indeed behind the visible construction across [[San Antonio, Texas]].<ref>[{{cite web | url=https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/ | title=Gigabit Internet Service in San Antonio, TX | Google Fiber }}</ref> A few details were given about the vast extent of the construction that was being undertaken, Google was in the process of deploying about 4,000 linear miles (6,500 km) of fiber-optic cable throughout [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/ |title=Google Fiber is coming to San Antonio – Sign up for updates |website=fiber.google.com |access-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121072625/https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In advance of the imminent deployment of the new fiber network the direct competitors of Google Fiber, [[AT&T U-verse|AT&T U-Verse]], [[Time Warner Cable]], and [[Grande Communications]], dropped prices and increased the speeds of their networks. San Antonio, the seventh-largest city in the nation, was the largest project that Google Fiber had taken on to date.

On August 5, 2015, expansion into San Antonio was announced.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Strama |title=Everything's faster in Texas: Google Fiber is coming to San Antonio |url=https://fiber.googleblog.com/2015/08/san-antonio-fiber.html |website=Official Google Fiber Blog |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108094026/https://fiber.googleblog.com/2015/08/san-antonio-fiber.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of December 2016, construction was underway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161207152333/https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/|url-status=dead|title=Fiber is coming to San Antonio – Sign up for updates|date=December 7, 2016|archive-date=December 7, 2016|website=Google.com|access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref> However, in January 2017, construction was halted pending concerns about the placement of Google Fiber huts in city parks.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flahive|first1=Paul|date=January 12, 2017|title=San Antonio Pushes Pause on Google Fiber Deployment|url=http://tpr.org/post/san-antonio-pushes-pause-google-fiber-deployment#stream/0|website=Texas Public Radio|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205943/https://www.tpr.org/technology-entrepreneurship/2017-01-12/san-antonio-pushes-pause-on-google-fiber-deployment#stream/0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Zielinski|first=Alex|date=January 13, 2017|title=City Stalls Google Fiber Rollout, Blames Google|url=https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/01/13/city-stalls-google-fiber-rollout-blames-google|website=SACurrent.com|publisher=San Antonio Current|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144105/https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/01/13/city-stalls-google-fiber-rollout-blames-google|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mayor [[Ivy Taylor]] expressed commitment to working with Google to address community concerns and allow the project to continue.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gonzales|first1=Charles|date=January 12, 2017|title=City halts huts for Google fiber; mayoral candidates weigh-in|url=http://www.ksat.com/news/city-halts-huts-for-google-fiber-mayoral-candidates-weigh-in|website=KSAT 12|publisher=Graham Media Group|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116115018/https://www.ksat.com/news/2017/01/13/city-halts-huts-for-google-fiber-mayoral-candidates-weigh-in/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==Acquisition of Webpass==

On June 22, 2016, Google Fiber bought Webpass, an [[Internet service provider]] that has been in business for 13 years and specializes in high-speed Internet for business and residential customers. They have a large presence{{Clarify|reason=vague|date=January 2018}} in California and specifically the [[Bay Area]] as well as [[San Diego]], [[Miami]], [[Miami Beach]], [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]], Chicago, [[Denver]], and [[Boston]]. The deal closed in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Russell |title=Google Fiber is buying high-speed internet provider Webpass |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/22/google-fiber-is-buying-high-speed-internet-provider-webpass/ |website=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108093821/https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/22/google-fiber-is-buying-high-speed-internet-provider-webpass/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Brodkin |title=Google Fiber is now a fiber and wireless ISP |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/google-fiber-now-owns-a-wireless-isp-but-isnt-giving-up-on-fiber/ |website=[[Ars Technica]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121061628/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/google-fiber-now-owns-a-wireless-isp-but-isnt-giving-up-on-fiber/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Technical specifications==

[[File:GFiber FCC Broadband Label.png|alt=GFiber FCC Broadband Label|thumb|237x237px|Broadband Consumer Label]]

Google Fiber provides an Internet connection speed of up to eight [[gigabits per second]] (8,000  Mbit/s) for download and eight [[gigabit per second]] (8,000  Mbit/s) upload.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fiber.google.com/about/ |title=Google Fiber |access-date=June 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325150505/http://fiber.google.com/about/ |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Google Fiber says its original 1 ~~Gbps~~ Gbit/s download service allows for the download of a full movie in less than two minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://whatisusa.info/google-wants-to-expand-its-ultrafast-internet-in-usa/ |title=Google Wants To Expand Its Ultrafast Internet In USA |publisher=What is USA News |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180423/http://whatisusa.info/google-wants-to-expand-its-ultrafast-internet-in-usa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels FCC Broadband Consumer Label]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Broadband Consumer Labels |url=https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.fcc.gov |language=en}}</ref> The GFiber Nutrition Label was created because the FCC will soon require all internet providers to display their product info in a standardized format. We have always believed in being transparent with our products and pricing, so we’ve launched an initial version of the label before this FCC requirement goes into effect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GFiber Nutrition Label - Google Fiber Help |url=https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/14119068 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=support.google.com}}</ref>

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On [[April Fools' Day]] 2007, Google hosted a signup for Google TiSP offering "a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of the thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines."<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Google TiSP ~~|publisher=Google~~ |date=April 1, 2007 |url=https://www.google.com/tisp/index.html |access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108010003/https://archive.google.com/tisp/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April Fools' Day 2012, Google Fiber announced that their product was an edible Google Fiber bar instead of fiber-optic Internet broadband. It is stated that the Google Fiber bar delivers "what the body needs to sustain activity, energy, and productivity."<ref name=googlefiber>{{cite web |title=Introducing the Google Fiber Bar |format=video |publisher=Google |date=April 1, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0VRK6ouwI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/re0VRK6ouwI |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |url-status=live|via=YouTube |access-date=May 5, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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* [[Google WiFi]], Google's municipal wireless network

* [[Project Loon]], Google's research project aiming to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas via high-altitude balloons

* [[AT&T U-verse]]

* [[Verizon Fios]]

* [[List of multiple-system operators]]

==Notes==

~~On February 5 2024, Google Fiber is offically launch called GFiberTV is a IPTV provider available from across America.{{cn|date=January 2024}}~~