Google Fiber Headed to Salt Lake City

Google said it plans to bring its Google Fiber service to Salt Lake City but didn’t provide a timeline for network deployment. Google Fiber already is available in nearby Provo, Utah, along with the Kansas City and Austin, Texas, metropolitan areas. Google said in late January that it also plans to bring Google Fiber to the Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham metropolitan areas (see 1501270053). The company also has been exploring deployments in several other metropolitan areas, including Portland, Ore., and San Antonio. A blog post by Devin Baer, Google Fiber associate city manager-Salt Lake City, said: “Over the coming months, we’ll work closely with these cities to map out just where to lay our fiber-optic cables.”