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Everything's faster in Texas: Google Fiber is coming to San Antonio
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Fast growing cities need Internet speeds that can keep up with their progress. For the 1.4 million residents of San Antonio, one of the biggest and
fastest growing
cities in the country, this is truer than ever. Which is why, today, we’re proud to announce that Google Fiber is coming to San Antonio—the largest Fiber city to date.
From starting
Bexar BiblioTech
, the first all-digital public library in the U.S., to being named a
leading city in cybersecurity
, San Antonio has developed a thriving tech landscape. Hundreds of startups have found their home in the Alamo City through collaborative workspaces and accelerators like
Geekdom
and
Cafe Commerce
. Moreover, San Antonio’s recent selection for President Obama’s
Tech Hire
and
Connect Home
initiatives will help create a pipeline of tech jobs and narrow the digital divide. With speeds up to 1,000Mbps, compared to the U.S. average of just 12Mbps (
Akamai, Q1 2015
), Google Fiber will further fuel the city’s growth.
Kansas City, Provo, and fellow Texas tech-hub
Austin
have already shown what’s possible when growing cities and businesses have access to gigabit internet. In the homes of those using Google Fiber, families spend less time arguing over bandwidth, and more time surfing the web. In Kansas City, small businesses like
Propaganda3
use Google Fiber to develop more software faster, while others like
Midtown Signs
use it to upload large files in a flash. As Google Fiber begins to help individuals, families, and businesses work toward their goals in San Antonio, we will have more stories that reflect this city’s unique character.
Soon, we’ll enter the design phase of building our fiber network in San Antonio. We’ll work closely with city leaders over the next several months to plan the layout of over 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cables—enough to stretch to Canada and back—across the metro area. This is no small task, and it will take some time, but we can’t wait to get started.
For information about Google Fiber’s progress in your area, visit our
website
and join our mailing list for updates.
Posted by Mark Strama, Head of Google Fiber, Texas
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author.name: Mark Strama
author.title: Head of Google Fiber Texas
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