Google Fiber contractors are laying thousands of miles of cable in Austin, Texas, to support the broadband company's second major gigabit build-out. Customers there will start to sign up for the ultra-fast internet service in early December. Meanwhile, AT&T is busy preparing contractors in Cupertino, Calif., for what will be the first community in Silicon Valley to get U-verse with GigaPower 1Gbps broadband service.
Dozens of these projects have created an unprecedented period of gigabit network construction across the U.S. and Canada. In Kansas City, Mo., Google is wrapping up the first phase of its gigabit project after more than four years of development and construction.