It's Official: Google Fiber Coming to Sandy Springs

Photo credit: Google Fiber’s Facebook page

For those looking for another Internet service provider, Google will soon be among the choices available to Sandy Springs residents.

Google on Tuesday made the announcement that it will roll out its Fiber service to the metro Atlanta area, according to its Official Google Blog.

Along with Atlanta proper, the cities in the metro area selected for Fiber include Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Brookhaven, Decatur, Avondale Estates, East Point, College Park and Hapeville.

Other metro hubs slated to get Google Fiber include Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Nashville, Tennessee.

“We can’t wait to see what people and businesses across the southeast U.S. do with gigabit speeds,” Google stated.

Google has said its Fiber service operates at 100 times the speed typically provided by other cable companies, and at a competitive price.

Google notes bringing the technology to select cities is a “long-term investment.”

“We’ve been working closely with city leaders over the past year on a joint planning process to get their communities ready for Google Fiber — and now the really hard work begins,” Google said its press release on its blog. “Our next step is to work with cities to create a detailed map of where we can put our thousands of miles of fiber, using existing infrastructure such as utility poles and underground conduit, and making sure to avoid things like gas and water lines. Then a team of surveyors and engineers will hit the streets to fill in missing details. Once we’re done designing the network (which we expect to wrap up in a few months), we’ll start construction.”

Google Fiber is already up and running in Kansas City, Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah. The technology giant added it’s exploring options to bring Fiber five other metro areas: Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and San Jose, and “will have updates on these potential Fiber cities later this year,” the company notes.

Tell us, Sandy Springs: will you make the switch to Google Fiber?

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