Google Fiber expands to 9 more major US cities

Google announced plans to provide high-speed Internet access service Google Fiber in another 9 metropolitan areas of the United States . Together with the suburbs (indicated by small red dots on the map), 34 candidate cities are currently being considered.

In addition to the current Kansas City, Austin and Provo, residents of the cities and suburbs of Portland, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, San Antonio, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and conglomerate cities will soon have a chance to connect Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina). Google is now checking all these cities for the necessary infrastructure, evaluating the surface landscape and building density, as well as preparing a preliminary estimate. After the aforementioned events are completed, cities will be announced that will receive Google Fiber in the first place, by the end of 2014.

The ambitiousness of Google’s plans cannot but surprise. About 24.2 million people live in these urban agglomerations. Compared to them, previous projects in Provo, Austin, and Kansas City seem like a relatively small experiment.

Portland - 3 million
San Jose - 2 million
Salt Lake City - 2.3 million
Phoenix - 4.3 million
San Antonio - 2.2 million
Nashville - 1.6 million
Atlanta - 5.5 million
Charlotte - 2, 3 million
Raleigh-Durham - 2 million.

Maybe Google plans to cover all US cities with fiber optics, and then it will be adopted by other countries?