Google Fiber: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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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
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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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=== 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>[https://fiber.google.com/cities/sanantonio/]</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.<!-- Still true as of when? -->
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 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>