Google Fiber launches super-fast 20Gbps web service for $250 per 30 days

What simply occurred? Virtually precisely a month after showcasing its residential 20Gbps broadband service and saying plans to launch it in choose cities by the tip of the 12 months, Google Fiber is now letting some folks join early entry to its super-fast community. The corporate had earlier introduced that the GFiber Labs program, which is piloting the 20Gbps service, noticed 1000’s of individuals specific their curiosity.

Google says that it’s beginning sign-ups for its 20Gbps service in choose areas of Kansas Metropolis, North Carolina’s Triangle Area, Arizona, and Iowa. The corporate added that it plans to open up invites at new areas within the close to future, however didn’t specify the cities and cities the place the service will probably be accessible.

The month-to-month subscription for the 20Gbps plan will value $250, and installations are anticipated to start out in Q1, 2024. Google will even provide state-of-the-art Wi-Fi 7 routers to go along with the super-fast web, and is working with Actiontec to create customized routers for its prospects.

Google had earlier introduced that its 20Gbps service will use Nokia’s new 25G PON (passive optical networks) expertise, which is claimed to require a particular Optical Community Terminal (ONT) from the Finnish telecom vendor. Whereas the ONT is way bigger than the fiber jack at present used with Google Fiber connections, the corporate expects it to get smaller over time.

Curiously, Google says that it does not should improve its present fiber optic community to have the ability to provide the 20Gbps service, as the brand new Nokia {hardware} will have the ability to ship the upper speeds even with the strains which might be already within the floor.

Along with the 20-gig service, Google Fiber additionally presents its authentic 1Gbps plan at $70 per 30 days, 2Gbps at $100, 5Gbps at $125, and 8Gbps at $150 per 30 days. Nonetheless, availability stays a serious downside, with the service nonetheless solely accessible in a handful of cities across the US. Potential subscribers would like to see Google roll out its multi-gig companies at extra areas fairly than launching new plans which have little to no likelihood of reaching nearly all of the American inhabitants.