Super fast gigabit Internet from Google is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham.
Google today confirmed that it will roll out its super-fast gigabit Internet service in 18 cities across four metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham.
The cities are among the 34 that have been working with Google over the past year to see if it made sense to deploy Google Fiber. The search giant was scheduled to pick its new Google Fiber cities by the end of 2014, but delayed that decision because it had "a bit more work to wrap up."
Google, however, said today that "now the really hard work begins."
"Our next step is to work with cities to create a detailed map of where we can put our thousands of miles of fiber, using existing infrastructure such as utility poles and underground conduit, and making sure to avoid things like gas and water lines," Dennis Kish, vice president of Google Fiber, wrote in a blog post. "Then a team of surveyors and engineers will hit the streets to fill in missing details. Once we're done designing the network (which we expect to wrap up in a few months), we'll start construction."
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2475878,00.asp
