Google Fiber is offering symmetrical 5Gbps service in parts of Austin. The initial offer includes a Wi-Fi 6 router, two mesh extenders, a 10 gigabit Fiber Jack and professional installation for $125 per month.
The bundle will be available on a growing basis as city neighborhoods are connected. It also will be available in Travis County neighborhoods outside the city limits. Google Fiber also said that construction will begin in the coming months in Round Rock and West Lake Hills.
Google, which refers to itself at GFiber, recently announced an expansion to Rollingwood, Texas.
The company offered an update of its activities in Austin and surrounding areas:
- The Gigabit Community program has launched in three communities in collaboration with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin. More than 1,300 families in the city now are served by the program.
- The Community Connections program, which is ten years old, is growing. It now provides connectivity to more than 50 community organizations. Recently connected organizations include Austin PBS, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, The ARC of the Capital Area, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Austin Area, Ballet Austin, McCallum High School, Central Health – East Austin and Latinitas.
- Other organizations with which Google Fiber is working are Advance-Austin and Austin Free Net.
There was a steady drumbeat of announcements from Google Fiber in the spring. The two most recent:
In May, the service provider said that it would provide service to Franklin, Tennessee, which is the seventh biggest city in the state and one that is growing rapidly. Construction is expected to start in early 2024.
About a week earlier, Google Fiber said that it had signed a license agreement with Logan, Utah. The agreement was to enable the company to begin planning a fiber service. In addition, Google Fiber said that it was seeking organizations to test 20 Gbps service.
கிளிப்பைப் பின் செய்வதற்கு அதைத் தொட்டுப் பிடித்திருக்கவும். பின் செய்யப்படாத கிளிப்புகள் 1 மணிநேரத்திற்குப் பிறகு நீக்கப்படும்.
I got the service installed yesterday morning, upgrading from standard gigabit service. Install took maybe 40 minutes, some of which was me triple-checking speeds on my desktop, which is the only thing I own that can run in excess of a gigabit.
Actual speeds, at least to Google’s own speed test server in town, are nearly 6 Gbps symmetric, or well over 700 MB/s. Handoff is via 10 GbE copper, so if you want to use your own networking gear you can.
The bandwidth available here is absolutely absurd, at a price that’s less than what Spectrum charges for gigabit cable off-promo. The fact that nothing needed to be rewired underscores just how future-proof FTTH is, and how far XGS-PON puts fiber providers ahead of literally anything else.