Google Fiber To Be Offered In San Francisco

Google would soon offer Google Fiber to some of the residents in San Francisco.

Google is ultimately launched in San Francisco (S.F), but only for a few selected people. Today, the American search developer announced that its high-speed internet facility would be offered to apartments in San Francisco, affordable houses and condos where fiber optic cables are currently being offered.

The announcement has echoed the news on Monday that Google Fiber will launch its service in Huntsville, Alabama where it will authorize the fiber optic infrastructure and share it with the rest of providers. San Francisco city is generally viewed as a tech city that has actually joined Google Fiber party late. The facility is being already offered in Georgia, Utah, Atlanta, Texas, Kansas City; Austin. Most other cities, including Nashville and San Antonio, are also waiting for Fiber.

This is not the first time Google tried to provide Internet in the city. Earthlink and Google to San Francisco proposed a citywide WiFi facility, which finally frizzled. Let us just hope that the Mountain View based organization’s plans to offer Google Fiber work in better manner this time. Instead of developing its own fiber, the search engine company will notably use the currently available fiber.

Google also announced its collaboration with the Nonprofit Technology Network for brining Digital inclusion Fellowship to San Francisco, which will recruit fellows to teach people internet skills and basic technology to improve their lives. This will benefit them in future as well.

The residents of the city, who are interested in ditching Comcast Corporation, can log up on Google Fiber website with their address to remain updated Fiber accessibility in their area. On the other hand, owners of properties can do so by filling out a form to express their interest. Some of the affordable housing properties will be offered Internet service free of charge.

Including San Francisco, the company planned to offer the facility in seven metropolitan areas, along with the four where it is already serving consumers. The tech organization’s internet service provider has listed around 11 metropolitan areas. In many cities, it is developing fiber networks from scratch.

AT&T is also offering fiber to house deployment to San Francisco. The use of the existing fiber will speed up deployment though; the disadvantage is that it would not be offered everywhere. Yet by doing so, the search engine might help by cutting down prices of broadband for those people who cannot access its service, Brookings Institution’s senior fellow Blair Levin stated.