I live in Austin. For two years I waited for my neighborhood to be included in their coverage map. Even after the map showed I was covered, repeated attempts to sign up would get rejected by their automated registration system. For months I watched workmen laying in the orange cables, including right through my front yard.
In October 2017 a Google employee walked door to door in the neighborhood signing people up. We signed up, gave a $15 (?) deposit, and then never heard from him or google again.
On the other hand, in that span of time my Spectrum speed got bumped repeated from 15/5 Mbps to 200/12 Mbps, without changing my price. So, thanks Google for bluffing so well.
I lived in Austin and had AT&T and Google Fiber at times. The service, speed, and reliability was exactly the same as was the price. It's amazing what some competition will do. I now live in Minneapolis and actually have 10 Gbps up/down and the option for 1 Gbps up/down for half the price of Google/AT&T in Austin ($35/month), but no Google Fiber (US Internet is the provider here).
I also live in Austin, in the one neighborhood where Grande offers FTTH. Before Google it cost $89/mo for 100Mbps. As soon as Google announced Austin, I could get 1Gbps for $59/mo.
I still wish Google would continue the buildout in Austin, as Grande doesn't have a clue about IPv6.
In October 2017 a Google employee walked door to door in the neighborhood signing people up. We signed up, gave a $15 (?) deposit, and then never heard from him or google again.
On the other hand, in that span of time my Spectrum speed got bumped repeated from 15/5 Mbps to 200/12 Mbps, without changing my price. So, thanks Google for bluffing so well.