Google Fiber Deployments Planned for Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham Metro Areas

Google confirmed Tuesday that it will deploy its Google Fiber service in the Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, metropolitan areas. Google’s announcement at least partially ended speculation about its deployment plans, which it had delayed announcing in December (see 1412230051). Dennis Kish, vice president-Google Fiber, said Google is still negotiating possible deployments in five other metropolitan areas -- Phoenix; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; and San Jose -- and plans to make decisions on those areas later this year. Google Fiber has already deployed in the Austin, Kansas City and Provo, Utah, metropolitan areas. Google said its planned deployments in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham will reach into 14 neighboring suburbs of those cities and it will begin construction in those areas the next few months.