Earlier this week, reports arrived that seemed to imply that Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina would be the new cities to receive Google Fiber. Google officially confirmed this on Tuesday.
The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday that Google Fiber was expanding to Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Nashville. According to the report, sources within the company told the WSJ that Google was considering the four areas. Google confirmed this on Tuesday.
This information was preceded by local reports that seem to imply Google's desire to build a network in North Carolina. Google has events scheduled in Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham on Jan. 28 and 29. Local outlets also reported that Google was in talks with local construction firms about building the necessary network to support Fiber's goals.
The Fiber team announced last February that North Carolina, and five other states, were Google's targets for the next stage of installing Google Fiber all over the world. So far, Google Fiber has established itself in Austin, Texas, Kansas City and Provo, Utah. Google Fiber costs a family unit $80 a month for 1000 Mbps speeds. In other words, it is a big kick in the pants to internet service providers like Cox and Time Warner Cable.
Google has specific versions of Fiber available for residences, businesses and property managers.
