A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home in Provo, Utah. (Photo : Reuters)
Google Fiber, the ultrafast Internet service from Google, is planning to expand to three new cities. Google made the announcement on Sept. 10 and plans to bring its high speed Internet service to: Irvine, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Diego, California.
According to USA Today, Google said that it is interested in bringing its Internet service in the three mentioned cities since their city officials are keen in helping the tech giant to install the necessary hardware needed.
Google Fiber Expansion director Jill Szuchmacher released a statement on Fiber's official blog saying, "Our next step is to begin a joint planning process with city leaders, just as we did when we began working with nine metro areas last year. Irvine, Louisville and San Diego will join twelve metro areas where we're connecting users, designing and constructing new networks, or exploring the possibility of Google Fiber."
Google Fiber claims that it can deliver download and upload speeds of up to one gigabit per second which is about 100 times faster than conventional broadband connections within the United States.
Google Fiber is currently available in three cities: Kansas City; Provo, Utah; and Austin, Texas. Google is already laying its expansion plan that will cover Portland, Oregon; San Jose, California and Phoenix. In January, Google also announced that it is planning to expand in Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Atlanta.
Industry experts estimate that it will Google Fiber infrastructure installation as well as burying fiber cables will cost more than $500 per home.
Google Fiber is an independent project under the new Google parent company, Alphabet, which was announced in August.
