Google Fiber is heading to San Antonio

Perhaps as soon as next year, more than 1.4 million people in San Antonio will have another option for internet and television service.

Today, Google announced plans to move forward with Google Fiber’s expansion into its largest city yet. The reason that Google chose San Antonio for expansion is due to the “thriving tech landscape” in the city. San Antonio’s Bexar BiblioTech is the first all-digital public library and plenty of startups are calling the city home. President Barack Obama’s Tech Hire and Connect Home initiatives also have ties to San Antonio; therefore, jobs and innovation are bound to lead to a burgeoning tech scene.

Google did not say when the service will actually be available. The company must first design the fiber network over the next several months to figure out where thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables will go. After that, the people of San Antonio can experience an internet connection of 1,000 megabits per second.

San Antonio is joined by Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, and Salt Lake City as the other cities that are in the process of receiving Google Fiber’s services. This will build upon the three cities — Kansas City, Austin, Provo — where Google Fiber is already available. Google is also exploring launches in Phoenix, San Jose, and Portland.

Source: Google

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