Portland Likely to be Next Google Fiber City Back in January Google announced that the company would be expanding Google Fiber into Raleigh, Durham, Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte. But the company also strongly suggested we'd see further expansion into Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, and San Jose. Those announcements are expected to come later this year, and we've seen some paperwork in locations like San Antonio that suggests the gears are turning.

quote: "We were talking afterward and they came right out and said Portland is going to be the next city," said Alan Fitzpatrick, a North Carolina entrepreneur and co-founder of Charlotte Hearts Gigabit, which promotes high-speed Internet service in the region. There were six people in the conversation, Fitzpatrick said – him, one of his co-founders and four Google Fiber managers. He declined to name the individuals from Google but said they were all senior managers in a position to know the company's plans. "It kind of caught me off guard," Fitzpatrick said. "I almost thought one of them told me something they weren't supposed to." The news isn't really surprising given Oregon has been But some folks dealing with Google Fiber in North Carolina say they were told by Google that Portland, Oregon will most definitely be the next Google Fiber city . The leak likely isn't to please to please the Google executives the source claims were in attendance:The news isn't really surprising given Oregon has been revamping its tax codes to specifically make life easier for Google (and any other gigabit fiber builder). To make Google happy Portland also had to completely rework its ordinances surrounding telecom cabinet placement , an issue that's been contentious in some aesthetically sensitive markets like San Francisco ."It's great to see people excited about what's next for Fiber, but we don't have any announcements for now," Google told me when asked about the leaked information. "We continue to work with Portland-area cities to explore bringing Google Fiber to the region."







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Charlotte, NC 2 recommendations ke4pym Premium Member Would be interesting to see If Mr. Fitzpatrick continues to get invited to these events...