Google Fiber’s subsequent massive growth is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. After first saying the growth final 12 months, Google has confirmed that it has began development in Las Vegas and Clark County the place its fiber web service shall be out there “later this 12 months.”
GFiber, because it’s more and more being branded, is presently out there in choose cities throughout 19 states, together with California, North Carolina, Texas, Tennesee, and extra. The firm most not too long ago lit up its companies in Pocatello, Idaho; Logan, Utah; and Lakewood, Colorado, and it plans on bringing GFiber to Lawrence, Kansas as nicely. Like different fiber web companies, GFiber has symmetrical web speeds, that means the speeds for uploads and downloads are the identical.
On Wednesday, Google additionally confirmed that it’s piloting simplified, “lifestyle-based” plans in Alabama and Tennesee, which have been first noticed final month. The new $70 / month Core 1 Gig, $100 / month Home 3 Gig, and $150 / month Edge 8 Gig plans exchange the 1 Gig, 2 Gig, 5 Gig, and eight Gig plans that GFiber extensively affords.
These new plans are additionally launching in all the areas the place GFiber is presently out there in Arizona and North Carolina, GFiber spokesperson Sunny Gettinger tells The Verge. They’re coming to most of GFiber’s remaining cities throughout the subsequent month, too.