Fiber on the way..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-is-Coming-to-Huntsville-Alabama-136346
Google Fiber has announced it's bringing the company's ultra-fast broadband service to Huntsville, Alabama. According to Google Fiber, the company will be leaning heavily on a city-driven fiber network already being built by Huntsville Utilities. That network has yet to be designed or built, so Google Fiber notes it's far-too early to say when Huntsville-area residents will be able to sign up for ultra-fast symmetrical gigabit service.
A Google Fiber blog post highlights how Google is increasingly looking at ways to speed up deployment of Google Fiber by leaning on existing networks.
"To date, we’ve built the majority of our Google Fiber networks from scratch," notes the company. "But over the past five years, we’ve repeatedly seen that every city is unique. So in order to bring Fiber to more people, we’ve taken different approaches in different places."
"In Provo, Utah, our Google Fiber service is being delivered over a network we purchased from the city," Google Fiber notes. "In Atlanta, Georgia, we’re both constructing our own network, and using existing fiber to provide Google Fiber to some apartment buildings. And now, due to the leadership of the Mayor and Huntsville Utilities CEO Jay Stowe, we’ll be working with a muni-owned network to bring our high speed service to Huntsville."
An e-mail sent to DSLReports.com seems to suggest the network Huntsville is building will be open access, meaning any ISP can ride the lines.
"Once the network is built, Google Fiber — or any other broadband provider — will be able to bring high speed Internet service to city," a Google Fiber representative states.
Locals looking for more detail on Google Fiber's eventual arrival in Huntsville, Alabama should head here.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-is-Coming-to-Huntsville-Alabama-136346
Google Fiber has announced it's bringing the company's ultra-fast broadband service to Huntsville, Alabama. According to Google Fiber, the company will be leaning heavily on a city-driven fiber network already being built by Huntsville Utilities. That network has yet to be designed or built, so Google Fiber notes it's far-too early to say when Huntsville-area residents will be able to sign up for ultra-fast symmetrical gigabit service.
A Google Fiber blog post highlights how Google is increasingly looking at ways to speed up deployment of Google Fiber by leaning on existing networks.
"To date, we’ve built the majority of our Google Fiber networks from scratch," notes the company. "But over the past five years, we’ve repeatedly seen that every city is unique. So in order to bring Fiber to more people, we’ve taken different approaches in different places."
"In Provo, Utah, our Google Fiber service is being delivered over a network we purchased from the city," Google Fiber notes. "In Atlanta, Georgia, we’re both constructing our own network, and using existing fiber to provide Google Fiber to some apartment buildings. And now, due to the leadership of the Mayor and Huntsville Utilities CEO Jay Stowe, we’ll be working with a muni-owned network to bring our high speed service to Huntsville."
An e-mail sent to DSLReports.com seems to suggest the network Huntsville is building will be open access, meaning any ISP can ride the lines.
"Once the network is built, Google Fiber — or any other broadband provider — will be able to bring high speed Internet service to city," a Google Fiber representative states.
Locals looking for more detail on Google Fiber's eventual arrival in Huntsville, Alabama should head here.
