North Carolina Could be Google Fiber’s Next Stop

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A formal announcement is said to be imminent

In February 2014, Google invited 34 cities across nine U.S. metro areas to work with it to “explore what it would take to bring them Google Fiber”. It was originally supposed to announce the names of the cities next in line for its Gigabit Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service in December, but eventually chose to postpone that announcement until early 2015. Although there has yet to be any official announcement, there are reports that Google could shed light on its immediate Fiber expansion plans in the next few days.
According to recent reports, an official announcement might come next week at special Google events in Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Apparently, invites for the said events have already been sent to many officials. While the purpose of these events remains unclear, many believe they will see the confirmation by Google of these two areas as the next two places to get its Fiber Gigabit internet service. This belief, of course, stems from the fact that both figure on the list of likely candidates for the next leg of Fiber’s roll out.
Industry sources that Research Triangle, NC-based tech publication WRALTechWire say the service is headed to the Triangle and “construction could begin as early as April”, with Google said to be seeking bids for the construction of the fiber network.
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