By Peter Corbett | The Republic | azcentral.com
Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe would get citywide fiber-optic networks with Internet speeds of one gigabit — 100 times faster than basic broadband service — under a plan Google is exploring.
Google announced this morning the three Valley cities are among nearly three dozen cities in nine metro areas the Silicon Valley company is considering for its Google Fiber network.
Google’s high-speed fiber-optic network for residential use is already being developed in pilot projects in Kansas City, Austin and Provo, Utah. Residents are charged $70 monthly for Internet service and $120 for Internet with HD-television service.
Google would foot the cost for developing the network. The company would not disclose how much it would invest.
