QUESTION = Why is Google Fibre taking so long to roll out?

GENERATION = It's an ongoing battle with existing ISPs to make sure they don't undercut them in terms of bandwidth usage. The original idea was that they would make sure you could use all the bandwidth you wanted, but now that they have the infrastructure to do it, they want to make sure that they can charge more for it. So it's a slow process, with all the potential money coming from the last few years being spent on lobbyists and legal battles to make sure that ISPs are losing customers to Google Fiber. 

RETRIEVAL #0 = Google Fiber---a YouTube video to support the bid of Duluth, Minnesota. BULLET::::- Ann Arbor, Michigan, has its own YouTube channel featuring a David Letterman-style Top Ten list delivered by town VIPs such as Mayor John Hieftje and University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman. Ann Arbor also held a city-wide GoogleFest, kicking off with a gathering of hundreds of participants dancing and chanting "Ann Arbor Google Fiber, ain't Nothing any finer." Section::::Operating locations. In 2011, Google launched a trial in a residential community of Palo Alto, California. On March 30 of the same year, Kansas City, Kansas, was selected as the first city to receive Google Fiber. In 2013, Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah, were announced as expansion cities for Google Fiber on April 9 and 17 respectively. Section::::Operating locations.:Stanford University. BULLET::::- In summer 2011, Google launched a free trial of its forthcoming fiber service in one residential community near Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Section::::Operating locations.:Kansas City. Google found that affluent neighborhoods in Kansas City signed up for the faster service while those in poorer neighborhoods did not sign up for even the free option. In response to this digital 

RETRIEVAL #1 = Google Fiber---2013 BULLET::::- Leawood, Kansas – August 19, 2013 – (cancelled July 24, 2014) BULLET::::- Merriam, Kansas – August 26, 2013 BULLET::::- Roeland Park, Kansas – September 3, 2013 BULLET::::- Mission Hills, Kansas – September 9, 2013 BULLET::::- Fairway, Kansas – September 9, 2013 BULLET::::- Lenexa, Kansas – September 17, 2013 Google placed deployment in Overland Park, Kansas, on indefinite hold in October 2013, following delays by the City Council over concerns about whether an indemnification clause that Google required might force the city to repair any damage caused by the project. As of July 2014, Overland Park's City Council had voted on a deal that would allow for Google Fiber. Soon after, the city appeared on Google Fiber's website. Section::::Operating locations.:Austin. BULLET::::- Austin, Texas – On April 9, 2013, it was announced that Austin would become a Google Fiber City. BULLET::::- On October 15, 2014, it was announced that Austin signups for Google Fiber would start in December 2014. BULLET::::- On 

RETRIEVAL #2 = Fiber to the premises by country---BULLET::::- Sky plc provide 1 Gbit/s connections in York BULLET::::- TalkTalk provide 1 Gbit/s connections in York BULLET::::- In 2009, BT announced that its internal network division, Openreach, would connect 2.5 million British homes to ultra-fast FTTP by 2012 and 25% of UK premises following that. However, by the end of September 2015 only 250,000 homes had been connected; the full rollout has not yet happened. Later, in 2014, Openreach began offering installation of a 330Mbit/s FTTP service called Fibre On Demand ("FTTPoD") to most UK premises, but soon stopped taking orders for the product as orders were proving to take far more time and cost far more money than had been planned. Openreach started favouring FTTC and G.Fast technology (which is constrained to a maximum of 330Mbit/s download, at short distances in optimum conditions, by the copper/aluminium telephone lines used), due to the significantly lower costs. In 2017 it reopened ordering for FTTPoD and expanded availability to virtually all premises connected to a telephone exchange which supports FTTC; however, given the pricing was nearly an order of magnitude higher than previously, 

RETRIEVAL #3 = Google Fiber---to pay $3.8 million for clean up. Section::::Possible future expansion. Section::::Possible future expansion.:2014. In February 2014, Google announced it had "invited cities in nine metro areas around the U.S.—34 cities altogether—to work with us to explore what it would take to bring them Google Fiber." The remaining metropolitan areas where Fiber has not yet begun constructing are: Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio and San Jose. Of these, the following have yet to be selected by Google for fiber deployments: BULLET::::- Arizona – Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe. These plans were put on hold in October 2016. BULLET::::- California – These plans were put on hold in October 2016. BULLET::::- San Jose BULLET::::- Santa Clara BULLET::::- Sunnyvale BULLET::::- Mountain View BULLET::::- Palo Alto BULLET::::- Oregon – Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, Lake Oswego, Tigard These plans were put on hold in October 2016. On April 15, 2014, Google began polling business users on their need for gigabit service, that they would be "conducting a pilot program where we'll connect 

RETRIEVAL #4 = Google Fiber---Google Fiber technology enables users to access Google Fiber's ultrafast gigabit speeds even when they are out and about." Clicking on the "Learn more" and "Find a pole near you" buttons displayed a message reading "April Fool’s! While Fiber Poles don’t exist, we are working on a bunch of cool stuff that does. Keep posted on all things Fiber by checking out our blog." The April Fools' Day 2014 prank was an announcement of "Coffee To The Home", using a spout on the fiber jack where the service enters the customer's home to deliver customized coffee drinks. On April Fools' Day 2015, Google Fiber announced Dial-Up Mode for people who prefer slower Internet. It reaches speeds up to 56k and helps people get back to real life more often. For the 2016 April Fools' Day joke, Google Fiber announced it was "exploring 1 billion times faster speeds". Section::::Reactions. "Time Magazine" has claimed that rather than wanting to actually operate as an Internet service provider, the company was just hoping to shame the major cable operators into improving their service so that Google searches could be done faster. Google has neither confirmed nor denied this claim. AT&T and other Internet Service Providers have launched their own gigabit services since Google Fiber was revealed. Some cable subscribers 

RETRIEVAL #5 = Google Fiber---Google to purchase the iProvo network for $1, while requiring Google to upgrade the aging network to gigabit capacity, offer free gigabit service to 25 local public institutions, and offer 5 Mbit/s service to every home in the city for free after a $300 activation fee. Section::::Operating locations.:Salt Lake City. On March 24, 2015, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into Salt Lake City, Utah. Service became available for signup on August 24, 2016. Section::::Operating locations.:Charlotte. On July 12, 2016, sign-ups opened in Highland Creek (Charlotte neighborhood). brOn October 4, 2016, sign-ups opened in Prosperity Village. Section::::Operating locations.:Atlanta. In the original announcement of 2015, the following areas were announced: BULLET::::- Avondale Estates BULLET::::- Brookhaven BULLET::::- Castleberry Hill BULLET::::- College Park BULLET::::- Decatur BULLET::::- East Point BULLET::::- Hapeville BULLET::::- Sandy Springs BULLET::::- Smyrna BULLET::::- Vine City In August 2016, sign-ups were opened. Section: 

RETRIEVAL #6 = Google Fiber---As of May 9, 2019 Google Fiber micro-trenched 600 miles of fiber in San Antonio neighborhoods. City staff say the majority is on the far Northwest and Northeast sides, including the pilot area in the Westover Hills neighborhood. After closing service in Louisville, KY the company said it learned from its challenges and refined its micro-trenching program to go deeper. According to the company, its Louisville microtrenching was as shallow as two inches. City staff said San Antonio’s trenching depth was 6-8 inches. Section::::Announced future locations.:Huntsville, Alabama. On February 22, 2016, Google announced that Google Fiber would expand into Huntsville, Alabama. Google Fiber announced it would start offering high-speed Internet, TV and telephone service in north Huntsville on May 23, 2017. On April 2, 2018 Huntsville Utilities continues to build fiber in Southeast Huntsville which have been turned over to Google fiber to service. Section::::Closed and former locations. Section::::Closed and former locations.:Louisville, Kentucky. In April 2017, Google announced that Google Fiber would start construction in Louisville, Kentucky. Google Fiber got the service to sections of Louisville in five months after it first announced that it would be coming to the city—faster than it had ever deployed before—by