Update: Sites Approved
The Austin City Council approved recommending 99 public and nonprofit organizations for free access to Google Fiber. The much-anticipated high-speed internet service will include 23 public libraries.
Read more about the council's actions - and which site got cut from the initial list - here: .
Update: Council Postpones Action (Nov. 21)
This morning, the Austin City Council voted to postpone adopting a list of 100 sites receiving a free 鈥渃ommunity connection鈥� to Google Fiber.
鈥淚 think we have to need to a little bit of a conversation,鈥� said Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who moved for the postponement.
As Google Fiber will be 鈥� across the city, its not likely that all of the 100 proposed sites would be able to access the service initially. Noting that 鈥� along with some complaints from sites that didn鈥檛 make it into the final recommendation 鈥� Leffingwell said 鈥淚 think we need to allow for additional entries into that pool.鈥�
Council member Laura Morrison said the city had a commitment to Google to get them a list on sites by the end of the year. The council should take the item up at its next meeting, Dec. 12.
Original story (Nov. 20): Google鈥檚 ultra-high speed Internet service, , is . And as part of the company鈥檚 municipal agreement, the City of Austin gets to name 100 locations receiving a free 鈥渃ommunity connection鈥� to the service.
The Austin City Council will vote to make the list official tomorrow.
The locations are broken down into four categories:
- Arts, Culture, and Community
- Education, Workforce, & Higher Education
- Public Facilities & Entities
- Social, Health, & Well-Being.
All AISD high schools are represented, as are all Austin Public Library locations.
You can , and .
, we found this map of the city鈥檚 100 locations, which was prepared by . Take a look, and let us know what you think of the locations in the comments below.
it hopes to reach its first Fiber customers in Austin by mid 2014.
