23 Facts About Google Fiber

Google Fiber is part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc It provides fiber-to-the-premises service in the United States, providing broadband Internet and IPTV to a small and slowly increasing number of locations.

In mid-2016, Google Fiber had 68,715 television subscribers and was estimated to have about 453,000 broadband customers.

Google Fiber announced expansion to Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah, in April 2013, and subsequent expansions in 2014 and 2015 to Atlanta, Charlotte, the Triangle, Nashville, Salt Lake City, and San Antonio.

Google Fiber said it would continue to provide service in the cities where it is already installed.

In March 2022, Google Fiber announced it would bring high speed internet to the Des Moines, Iowa, metro area, making it the first expansion in five years.

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The Gigabit Internet service includes one terabyte of Google Fiber Drive service and the television service includes a two-terabyte DVR in addition to the Google Fiber Drive.

In February 2020, Google Fiber stopped offering TV service directly to new customers.

Google Fiber originally stated that they would announce the winner or winners by the end of 2010; however, in mid-December, Google Fiber pushed back the announcement to "early 2011" due to the number of applications.

In 2011, Google Fiber launched a trial in a residential community of Palo Alto, California.

Google Fiber found that affluent neighborhoods in Kansas City signed up for the faster service while those in poorer neighborhoods did not sign up for even the free option.

Additionally, Google Fiber offered micro-grants to community organizations that want to start up digital literacy programs in Kansas City.

Google Fiber placed deployment in Overland Park, Kansas, on indefinite hold in October 2013, following delays by the City Council over concerns about whether an indemnification clause that Google Fiber required might force the city to repair any damage caused by the project.

Google Fiber announced it would start offering high-speed Internet, TV and telephone service in north Huntsville on May 23,2017.

Google Fiber announced it would start offering high-speed Internet, TV and telephone service in northeast West Des Moines on March 22,2021.

Google Fiber got the service to sections of Louisville in five months after it first announced that it would be coming to the city—faster than it had ever deployed before—by using shallow trenching.

On September 10,2015, Google Fiber tweeted that it was exploring the possibility of adding Irvine and San Diego, California, as future expansion cities.

Google Fiber will continue to provide service in the cities where it is already installed.

In 2017 Google Fiber launched in three new cities: Huntsville, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas.

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.

Google Fiber provides an Internet connection speed of up to one gigabit per second for both download and upload, which is roughly 100 times faster access than what most Americans have.

Google Fiber says its service allows for the download of a full movie in less than two minutes.

In October 2013, the acceptable use policy for Google Fiber was modified to allow "personal, non-commercial use of servers".

In January 2014 a bill was introduced in the Kansas Legislature which would prevent Google Fiber from expanding further in Kansas using the model used in Kansas City.