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Google Fiber is a fantasy for some people in Austin too. I was right outside their initially planned extent, literally by a block, and they have never bothered to extend out to my subdivision despite being within Austin limits.

I got AT&T Fiber instead and it has worked great for a decade. I just upgraded to their 2Gbps because they gave me a pretty solid deal on it.

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Yep. I had 1 Gbps for 2 years and 2 Gbps for 2 years. (Can get 5 or 8 Gbps, and possibly 20 with a beta program.) GF excludes most of the downtown core except for Google buildings. I've speculated it's some sort permitting cost or dark fiber cost issue. I don't understand the logic they use to select cities or wire some customers but not others while leaving holes randomly. https://broadbandnow.com/Google-Fiber

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