{"id":14807,"date":"2016-03-08T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=14807"},"modified":"2020-12-24T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:51:14","slug":"fiber-for-frisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/fiber-for-frisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiber for Frisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dormant fiber-optic cables beneath San Francisco will soon awaken. Google parent Alphabet Inc. wants to expand its gigabit Internet service to parts of San Francisco, specifically apartments, condos, and affordable housing units.<\/p>\n<p>In most cities Google has wired, the company built its own physical infrastruct<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/03\/GFiberMap.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/03\/GFiberMap-1024x542.png\" alt=\"GFiberMap\" width=\"792\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a>ure to support the service. The company installed network cables in Kansas City; Provo; Utah; and Austin, Texas. San Francisco will require tapping into existing fiber-optic cables. This was also the case in Atlanta, resulting in Fiber service access for fewer neighborhoods than other Fiber cities. But there is also an upside: a much faster path to launch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To date, we\u2019ve focused mostly on building fiber-optic networks from scratch,&#8221; said Michael Slinger, Google Fiber&#8217;s business operations director. &#8220;Now, as Google Fiber grows, we\u2019re looking for more ways to serve cities of different shapes and sizes.&#8221; Google Fiber is already taking this approach in other markets, including Huntsville, Ala., where\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/googlefiberblog.blogspot.com\/2016\/02\/huntsville.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier<\/a> this year\u00a0it announced plans to launch using the city&#8217;s municipal network.<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet\u2019s high-speed Internet service is 85 times faster than the typical residential connection. San Francisco is the 11<sup>th<\/sup> U.S. city with existing or planned Fiber service. Single-family homes are not considered for now, because the company wants to serve denser communities first. Also, many of the single-family residences are not close to the existing cables. Alphabet declined to say how many of San Francisco\u2019s homes it aims to serve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/03\/shutterstock_184856327.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/03\/shutterstock_184856327-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_184856327\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>As it has done elsewhere, Google Fiber plans to provide free gigabit internet service to \u201csome public and affordable housing properties.\u201d\u00a0 Google is also working with a non-profit to teach low-income San Franciscans basic internet skills, like how to set up an email account or apply for a job.<\/p>\n<p>The fiber network cable doesn\u2019t belong to the city of San Francisco, so the new service does not require regulatory approval. The company that owns the fiber network is staying anonymous, but willingly joined forces with Alphabet. Much of the fiber network is unused or dark fiber, while other parts have room for additional capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet doesn\u2019t plan to blanket the entire city, but any launch in San Francisco is a major step for Google Fiber. Everyone is sure that businesses will find new ways to use it, just as Netflix found a use for high-speed internet. Activating fiber in Silicon Valley\u2019s proximity will be yet another draw for San Francisco, as tech entrepreneurs come online at much faster speeds and come up with clever ways to put it to use.<\/p>\n<p>Google won\u2019t be alone \u2014 AT&amp;T and Comcast have both announced plans to launch gigabit service in San Francisco. The news might help ease Senator Bernie Sander\u2019s concern, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/705171336381923328\">expressed oddly<\/a> on his Twitter account:\u201cToday, people living in Bucharest, Romania have access to much faster Internet than most of the US. That\u2019s unacceptable and must change.\u201d Romanians replied with humor, you can have a laugh with them <a href=\"http:\/\/berniespeedtest.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dormant fiber-optic cables beneath San Francisco will soon awaken. Google parent Alphabet Inc. wants to expand its gigabit Internet service to parts of San Francisco, specifically apartments, condos, and affordable housing units. In most cities Google has wired, the company built its own physical infrastructure to support the service. 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