Google Fiber Lights Up Music City
Nashville officially joined four other metropolitan areas as a fiber city when Google Fiber went live, April 27. As planned, Google Fiber was installed only in apartment and condominium buildings. Residents of these communities were able to pick up a self-installation kit at the Fiber Space, a storefront opened in the city to provide customer support, and begin experiencing speeds nearly 100 times faster than standard American internet speeds. The company’s website details the plans for fiber across the city, which includes bringing as many as 200 additional buildings online as progress continues on building the network.
Four other Tennessee cities are included in the Nashville fiber network – Belle Meade, Berry Hill, Forest Hills and Oak Hill. The service will be available to both residents and small businesses, with the small business sector promised to receive upload and download speeds up to 1,000 Mbps, as well as enough bandwidth to span across all employee devices and workstations. While construction commenced nearly a year ago, Google Fiber contends there is still no concrete timeline as to when single-family homes and additional businesses will join the fiber-connected few.
The cost of Google Fiber in Music City depends on the services desired. The Fiber 1000 + TV package includes up to 1,000 Mbps upload and download speeds with no data caps; more than 150 television channels with the ability to record up to eight shows at once; and 1 TB of cloud storage across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. The “full Fiber experience” price point for Nashville is $130 per month. The Fiber 1000 plan, or gigabit internet, offers all the features of the former, less the television channels for $70 per month. Lastly, Fiber 100 offers up to 100 Mbps upload and download speeds with no data caps for $50 per month. The optional addition of Fiber Phone is available on all three plans for $10 more per month.
Amidst the roll out of fiber in Nashville, speculation continued around the possible landing of Google Fiber in Louisville, KY. The Louisville Business Journal reported 11 development plans for “Louisville Hut” were filed with the city. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Inc., historically builds these huts during the exploration of a new market for fiber expansion. The company confirmed considering expansion to Louisville in 2015, and the city is listed as a potential recipient of fiber on Google Fiber’s interactive “Where is Fiber” map, which can be found online at fiber.google.com/about/.
For now, Google Fiber is live in Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Kansas City, MO and KS; Provo, UT; and now, Nashville. The upcoming cities set to join the fiber elite include Charlotte, NC; Huntsville, AL; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Salt Lake City, UT; San Antonio, TX; and San Francisco, CA.
Other cities being considered for Google Fiber include not only Louisville but also Chicago, IL; Irvine, CA; Jacksonville, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Oklahoma City, OK; Portland, OR; San Diego, CA; San Jose, CA; and Tampa, FL.
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