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Chart shows who dominates 1 Gbps FTTP industry

Aug. 28, 2013

A chart and investigative article from FierceTelecom examines the progress that service providers have made in rolling out 1 Gbps services via FTTP networks in specific U.S. cities.

The reporting analyzes how three service provider segments -- Google, municipalities, and ILECs -- are now either in the process of delivering, or have announced their intentions to deliver, a 1 Gbps FTTP service.

Source:Google Fiber, AT&T, CenturyLink drive the 1 Gbps game (fiercetelecom.com)

City	Surrounding areas	Service provider	Provider type	Services offered	Start date	Pricing	Competition
Austin		AT&T	ILEC	1 Gbps FTTH data, U-verse TV	no date yet	N/A	Time Warner Cable, Google, and Grande Communications
		Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	mid-2014	N/A	AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Grande Communications
Cedar Falls, Iowa		Cedar Falls Utilities	Municipal electric utility	1 Gpbs/ 500 Mbps FTTH data	95% complete	$267.50 (city); $272.50 (rural)	CenturyLink
Chattanooga		EPB Fiber	Municipal provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, IPTV	avail. since 2010	$350	AT&T
Chicago		Gigabit Squared, City of Chicago	Community provider	1 Gbps FTTH	2014	N/A	AT&T, Comcast
Kansas City, Kan.		Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	Nov. 2012	$120 TV, data; $70 stand- alone data	AT&T, Comcast
	Mission	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	TWC
	Mission Woods	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, Charter
	Shawnee	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, Verizon
	Olathe	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, TWC
	Westwood Hills	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, TWC
Kansas City, Mo.		Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	Nov. 2012	$120 TV, data; $70 stand- alone data	AT&T, TWC, and Consolidated
	Gladstone	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, TWC
	Grandview	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, TWC
	Lee's Summit	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, TWC
	Raytown	Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	no date yet	N/A	AT&T, Comcast
Lafayette, La.		LUS Fiber	Municipal provider	1 Gbps FTTB, IPTV, voice	complete in 2010	$999.95 for business	AT&T, Cox
Leverett, Mass.		Leverett Broadband Committee	Municipal provider	1 Gbps FTTH data	end of 2014	N/A	Verizon
Omaha, Neb.		CenturyLink	ILEC	1 Gbps FTTH data, Prism IPTV	pilot	$150 stand-alone; $80 triple play	Cox Communi-cations
Orono, Me.		GWI, Gig.U	CLEC	1 Gbps FTTH data	ongoing	$139.95 a month	FairPoint, TWC
Provo		Google Fiber	Internet search provider	1 Gbps FTTH data, TV	late-2013	$70 stand-alone; $120 Internet & TV bundle	CenturyLink, Comcast
Springfield, Vt.		Vtel	Rural ILEC	1 Gbps FTTH data	avail. now	$35 a month	Comcast
Seattle		City of Seattle, Gig.U	Municipal provider	1 Gbps FTTH data	N/A	$80 a month	CenturyLink

Compiled data from company web sites, related press releases, and http://www.broadbandmap.gov/.

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Matt Vincent | Senior Editor

Matt Vincent is a B2B technology journalist, editor and content producer with over 15 years of experience, specializing in the full range of media content production and management, as well as SEO and social media engagement best practices, for both Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine and its website CablingInstall.com. He currently provides trade show, company, executive and field technology trend coverage for the ICT structured cabling, telecommunications networking, data center, IP physical security, and professional AV vertical market segments. Email: [email protected]