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Google Fiber launches 5Gbps service for $125 per month
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Will Shanklin02.14.2023
Google Fiber is introducing a $125-per-month service with symmetrical uploads and downloads today. However, it only covers four cities at launch.
Google Fiber will offer 5Gbps and 8Gbps internet plans in early 2023
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Jon Fingas10.14.2022
Google Fiber will offer 8Gbps service as soon as early 2023, and it could easily outperform your cable provider.
Google Fiber workers successfully unionize in Kansas City
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Avery Ellis03.25.2022
In a tally with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this afternoon, Google Fiber customer service workers voted 9 to 1 to form a union. They'll be represented by the Alphabet Workers Union, an arm of the Communications Workers of America.
Google Fiber workers in Kansas City make a bid to unionize
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Avery Ellis01.05.2022
A supermajority of customer service workers, jointly employed by Google and BDS Connected Solutions, have signed union cards with a division of the Communication Workers of America, and are petitioning the NLRB for recognition.
Google rolls out 2Gbps fiber service in Huntsville and Nashville
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Steve Dent12.04.2020
After launching a beta program just months ago, Google Fiber has announced that its 2 Gbps “2 Gig” tier is now widely available in Nashville and Huntsville.
Google Fiber adds Sling TV as its latest streaming option
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Igor Bonifacic11.13.2020
Back in February, Google stopped offering new customers the option to add conventional TV service to their internet package. It made up for the change in policy by letting people subscribe to YouTube TV and fuboTV. In August, it bolstered that lineup with Philo, and now it’s also adding Sling TV as one of its preferred streaming partners.
Google Fiber customers can now use their own routers
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Cherlynn Low09.25.2020
If you’re a Google Fiber customer, you were given a router to use with your service when you signed on. Google is changing that, announcing that you’ll be able to use whatever router you want with its internet service. According to the company, the router included with service was “chosen to deliver the best performance for your home network with your Google Fiber connection.”
Google Fiber's two gigabit broadband is almost ready
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Steve Dent09.16.2020
Google Fiber is about to start testing a new 2 Gbps internet service in two cities with the plan to launch it widely in 2021, the company announced. The plan will cost $100 per month, or $30 more than the current 1 Gbps offering.
Google Fiber adds Philo streaming as an option next to YouTube and fubo
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Richard Lawler08.27.2020
Now Google Fiber customers can easily add Philo TV streaming.
Google Fiber's first expansion in four years is in West Des Moines
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Richard Lawler07.07.2020
Availability in the city of West Des Moines, IA adds its first new market in four years.
Google Fiber stops offering traditional TV service to new customers
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Jon Fingas02.04.2020
If you're ready to sign up for Google Fiber but want TV service at the same time, you'll have to go online. Google has stopped selling conventional TV service to new customers as of today. Instead, it'll give customers the choice to sign up for YouTube TV (as announced in December) or the sports-oriented fuboTV. The company characterizes this as reflecting the modern reality. "Customers just don't need traditional TV," Google said.
Google Fiber drops its 100Mbps tier in favor of gigabit-only service
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Jon Fingas12.04.2019
Google Fiber's main selling point has been its gigabit internet access, but there has usually been a low-cost option like the $50 100Mbps plan. However, that choice is going away. Google has announced that it no longer offers the 100Mbps tier to new customers -- it's either the $70 gigabit plan or nothing. If you ask the company, it's a reflection of evolving internet technology and usage habits.
Google Fiber will bring wireless gigabit internet to Austin
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Amrita Khalid08.07.2019
Austin apartment dwellers will soon get another option for high-speed internet. Google Fiber announced that it is rolling out Webpass to the Texas city, making it the eighth metro area to offer the service. The point-to-point wireless offering is aimed at high-occupancy residential and commercial buildings, and works by transmitting gigabit internet via rooftop antennas. Austin, which has had access to Google Fiber since 2014, will be the first city to host both high-speed internet options.
Google will pay Louisville $4 million to repair roads after Fiber exit
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Kris Holt04.16.2019
Google Fiber service ended in Louisville this week following a number of issues, including exposed cables. As it departs, Google is paying the city $3.84 million over 20 months to cover the costs of removing cables and sealant from roads; milling and paving where needed; and removing above-ground infrastructure. Google is also making a $150,000 donation to the Community Foundation of Louisville, which supports digital inclusion efforts such as refurbishing old computers for low-income individuals.
FTC will examine privacy policies at major internet providers
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Jon Fingas03.26.2019
Just because American internet providers are facing looser privacy regulations doesn't mean they're avoiding all scrutiny. The Federal Trade Commission has ordered AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget's parent company) to hand over information on their privacy policies and practices as part of an investigation. Now that these ISPs are "vertically integrated" companies that provide ad-supported content in addition to broadband, the FTC wants to better understand their approaches to privacy and prevent "unfair and deceptive" behavior.
Google Fiber is rolling out new plans for small business owners
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Brittany Vincent07.12.2016
Google Fiber knows its "superfast internet" is an important commodity, and one that businesses of all shapes and sizes can utilize. The company wants to make sure there's a plan for Google Fiber that fits all those shapes and sizes too, with three new plans that allow for flexibility and choice among small to large business clients.
Google Fiber considering Irvine, Louisville, and San Diego for expansion
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Andrew Tarantola09.10.2015
Google has announced that it is considering rolling out its high-speed Fiber internet service to three additional American cities. The company stated on its Fiber blog on Thursday that it hopes to enter a joint planning process with the cities of Irvine, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and San Diego, California. "We'll work with Irvine, Louisville and San Diego to conduct a detailed study of factors that affect construction," wrote Jill Szuchmacher, Director, Google Fiber Expansion, "such as local topography, housing density, and the condition of existing infrastructure."
San Antonio is getting Google Fiber
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Andrew Tarantola08.05.2015
Nearly six months after the city cleared a steeplechase-worth of legal hurdles, Google has finally announced that it will be installing its ultrafast fiber-optic network in San Antonio, Texas. Google cites San Antonio's 1.4 million residents and thriving tech scene -- including the country's first all-digital library, the Bexar BiblioTech -- as reasons for the selection. The fact that San Antonio was recently chosen for the President Tech Hire and Connect Home initiatives didn't hurt, either. The company will spend the next few months coordinating with city leaders on how best to lay the 4,000 miles of necessary fiber-optic cable. There's no word yet on when the 1,000 Mbps service will actually begin.
Comcast's new broadband service is twice as fast as Google Fiber
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Steve Dent04.02.2015
Comcast has drawn a new battle line against Google Fiber by launching a 2Gbps fiber broadband service called Gigabit Pro. It arrives next month in Atlanta and will be available in 18 million homes across the US by the end of the year. The package will deliver symmetric uploads and downloads like Fiber does, but at twice its 1Gbps speed. Mountain View had already announced that it would bring Fiber to Atlanta, but Comcast will now beat it to the punch both in timing and data rates.
Google open-sourcing the software behind its Fiber TV box
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Steve Dent03.16.2015
SageTV was one of the original streaming companies, with a DVR box, home theater PC software and even a Sling-like place-shifting app. But since Google acquired it in 2011, all that technology has been off the market and limited to Google Fiber TV boxes. Now, SageTV founder (and current Google employee) Jeffrey Kardatzke says that Google "has agreed to open-source the SageTV platform." We're not sure if that means that SageTV's Google Fiber tech will appear in Android TV devices and what it may mean for developers. All Kardatzke said was that the move "will be happening in the near future" (i.e., months, not years). "I'm looking forward to see what the community can do with SageTV once it is fully open."[Thanks, Brandon!]
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