Google Fiber eyes expansion into five US states
Google Fiber – The ISP spin off of the Silicon Valley giant – is planning to expand its FTTH network into Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho.
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Another CEO climbs aboard the Google Fiber merry-go-round
Alphabet has named Dinesh Jain as the latest CEO of the Access business unit, the third boss in a little over a year.
Google Fiber loses yet another CEO – connectivity ambitions questionable
The CEO of Access, the part of Alphabet that contains Google Fiber, has reportedly stepped down after just five months at the helm.
Google says Fiber is going so well it’s pausing it
Google has decided that it’s doing so well with fibre that it needs to take a break and give everyone else a chance.
Google shows telco ambition with Fiber Phone launch
Google has made a statement over its telco ambitions by announcing the launch of its fixed line residential phone offering, Fiber Phone.
AT&T to extend fibre rollout
US operator AT&T has announced plans to expand its fibre network across the US to up to 100 further cities and municipalities. The operator will be extending the footprint its triple play U-Verse TV, fixed internet and telephony service which it claims delivers speeds of up to 1Gbps.
AT&T takes on Google with Austin fibre project
US operator AT&T is going head to head with Google as it announced that it will roll out a fibre network in Austin, Texas promising speeds of up to 1Gbps. The city is also the next urban metropolitan area in line for Google’s Fiber treatment, following the web firm’s high speed fibre deployment in Kansas.
Google’s apparent U-turn on net neutrality raises definition issues
In a move that appears to fly in the face of its support for net neutrality, Google this week filed a document with US regulator the FCC stating that customers of its fibre to the home network were limited in what kind of devices or applications they could attach to those connections. But is the situation as clear cut as it seems?
Provo, Utah next stop for Google Fiber
Google has revealed plans to brings its super-fast broadband project ‘Google Fiber’ to the city of Provo, Utah, by acquiring the city’s existing fibre network for a nominal fee of $1.
Google Fiber heading to Austin, Texas
Google has confirmed that residents of the city of Austin, Texas will be next in line to benefit from its Google Fiber project, which delivers super-fast broadband speeds over a dedicated fibre-to-the-home network.
Google starts taking Fiber orders from Missourians
US internet services giant Google has started taking orders for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service ‘Google Fiber’ in Kansas City, Missouri, with launch set for this spring.
Netflix: We love Google Fiber!
US online video service Netflix has released the latest data for broadband connections in the US which carry its streams, and they make some interesting reading, including the revelation that Google Fiber is now the most consistently fast ISP in the country.
90% of Kansas City neighbourhoods qualify for Google Fiber
Interest in Google’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project in Kansas City is now running high enough for at least 180 of the city’s 202 neighbourhoods to qualify for deployment of the network.
Google prepares for phase two of fibre experiment in Kansas City
Less than a week after inaugurating its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Kansas City, Google has confirmed that it is now preparing a second pre-registration phase for homes in North and South Kansas City (Missouri).
Google Fiber project to expand beyond Kansas City?
As the long-awaited fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network that Google has busily been building in Kansas City nears completion, rumours have surfaced that the tech giant may be planning to build similar networks in other locations across the US.
Google ready to start laying fibre
Google has confirmed that it is ready to start building its Google Fibre network in Kansas City (Kansas) and Kansas City (Missouri).
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