Google Fiber Decision Will Be Made By Year End
Decatur Metro | October 15, 2014 | 10:17 am
After AT&T announced yesterday that they’ll be offering a new “super fast” internet option in Atlanta and Decatur yesterday, we followed up with the City of Decatur to see where we were with finding out whether Google Fiber will be making a decision of whether they will break ground in Georgia. Here’s the response I received from the City’s Lena Stevens…
The City continues to be in communication with Google about the potential expansion of their fiber network, but their decision timeline has not changed. They will announce their plans by the end of December 2014. For now, we are working with them to answer clarifying questions about our existing processes for things like permitting and communications.
As a reminder, Decatur’s response to the Google Fiber Cities Checklist is online- http://www.decaturga.com/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=4994
People can also sign up to get updates from Google directly at https://fiber.google.com/other/
Map courtesy of Google Fiber website
waiting with baited breath
yes, “baited”
as in, i have a cricket, on a fish hook, in my mouth
AT&T’s product is DSL. They are going to squeeze what they can out of it, but it is still DSL. And it is very distance sensitive. Watch out for their promises of grandeur.
IF Google does grace us with its presence, they will be building communications “huts”, running fiber on poles and digging up/boring city streets as well as yards. Be careful what you wish for. They also do not have any sort of good video offering and probably will not for a while.
And, incidentally, how much Internet bandwidth does one really need? You can get 300 Mbps from Comcast right now. It may actually be as high as 500 Mbps by now. Plus, they already have TV and phone.