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      Google Fiber was stalled for years but now says it’ll expand to 5 new states

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 10 August, 2022 - 17:51

    Google Fiber plans multi-state expansion 5+ years after “pausing” buildouts

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    Google Fiber says it will expand its fiber-to-the-home Internet service to several new states for the first time since it announced a pause in construction in October 2016. The Alphabet division said in a press release today that it is "talking to city leaders" in five states "with the objective of bringing Google Fiber's fiber-to-the-home service to their communities."

    The new states are Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Idaho. Three of those were just announced, while projects in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Mesa, Arizona, were announced in recent months.

    "These states will be the main focus for our growth for the next several years, along with continued expansion in our current metro areas," Google Fiber CEO Dinni Jain wrote. "In addition, we'd also love to talk to communities that want to build their own fiber networks. We've seen this model work effectively in Huntsville and in West Des Moines, and we'll continue to look for ways to support similar efforts."

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      New Google Fiber plan: $100 for 2Gbps, plus Wi-Fi 6 router and mesh extender

      Jon Brodkin · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 15 September, 2020 - 15:47

    Illustration of lasers flowing down a tunnel to represent fast broadband speeds.

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    Google Fiber will soon offer 2Gbps service for $100 a month, a package that includes a Wi-Fi 6 router and mesh extender, the Alphabet-owned ISP announced yesterday.

    Google fiber-to-the-home service never rolled out as far as many people hoped, but the ISP is still making improvements in cities where it does provide broadband. The new offering is double the download speed of Google Fiber's standard 1Gbps service and costs $30 more. While the new offer is 2Gbps on the download side, it will be 1Gbps for uploads.

    In addition to fiber-to-the-home, Google Fiber offers wireless home Internet access in some cities through its Webpass service. Even the Webpass wireless service will get the 2Gbps plan, the announcement said. Webpass' standard speeds today range from 100Mbps to 1Gbps.

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