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I thought Google was sunsetting Fiber and looking to sell it off? Or were they just stopping further deployments, and this only applies to existing customers/c

I thought Google was sunsetting Fiber and looking to sell it off? Or were they just stopping further deployments, and this only applies to existing customers/covered areas?

rexreed 6y ago
This was announced way back in 2016: https://gizmodo.com/google-fiber-halts-operations-in-ten-cities-1788214992 https://gizmodo.com/google-fiber-halts-operations-in-ten-cit... Looks like it's still halted in all those cities. So I guess Fiber is limited to where they were as of 2016. [edit: in terms of new metro locations. Google Fiber seems to be slowly expanding in metros where they were already existing as of 2016]
- armadsen 6y ago
  They recently announced an expansion into Millcreek, Utah, so they're not completely stopped. Millcreek is an adjacent suburb of Salt Lake City. It's clearly an expansion of an existing deployment, not a true new city, but still nice.
- adrianmonk 6y ago
  They seem to be expanding into a few more neighborhoods in Austin. As recently as October 19th, there has been news of expansion. A neighborhood association Facebook page post from that date says Fiber will start shallow trenching in their neighborhood, and some service could be turned on as early as November.
anderspitman 6y ago
I believe they're still expanding in Utah at least.
Corrado 6y ago
I live in Louisville, KY and Google came in to lay fiber a couple of years ago. They tore up roads and made a mess and generally failed all around. Finally, they pulled out completely and left us high and dry. It was a pretty bad time, really. I just checked my address in the Google Fiber website and it says that it's "coming soon" to my home. I wonder what that means. Did they stop digging up roads? Are they doing something different now? What's changed in the past 3 years that allows them to suddenly come back to the cities that they abandoned? NOTE: Just to be clear, I'm not completely unhappy with Google as I have AT&T Gig Fiber thanks to Google Fiber scaring the incumbents into action.

I thought Google was sunsetting Fiber and looking to sell it off? Or were they just stopping further deployments, and this only applies to existing customers/covered areas?

rexreed 6y ago

This was announced way back in 2016: https://gizmodo.com/google-fiber-halts-operations-in-ten-cities-1788214992 https://gizmodo.com/google-fiber-halts-operations-in-ten-cit... Looks like it's still halted in all those cities. So I guess Fiber is limited to where they were as of 2016. [edit: in terms of new metro locations. Google Fiber seems to be slowly expanding in metros where they were already existing as of 2016]

armadsen 6y ago
They recently announced an expansion into Millcreek, Utah, so they're not completely stopped. Millcreek is an adjacent suburb of Salt Lake City. It's clearly an expansion of an existing deployment, not a true new city, but still nice.
adrianmonk 6y ago
They seem to be expanding into a few more neighborhoods in Austin. As recently as October 19th, there has been news of expansion. A neighborhood association Facebook page post from that date says Fiber will start shallow trenching in their neighborhood, and some service could be turned on as early as November.

anderspitman 6y ago

I believe they're still expanding in Utah at least.

Corrado 6y ago

I live in Louisville, KY and Google came in to lay fiber a couple of years ago. They tore up roads and made a mess and generally failed all around. Finally, they pulled out completely and left us high and dry. It was a pretty bad time, really. I just checked my address in the Google Fiber website and it says that it's "coming soon" to my home. I wonder what that means. Did they stop digging up roads? Are they doing something different now? What's changed in the past 3 years that allows them to suddenly come back to the cities that they abandoned? NOTE: Just to be clear, I'm not completely unhappy with Google as I have AT&T Gig Fiber thanks to Google Fiber scaring the incumbents into action.