Huntsville Utilities will meet with City of Madison leaders next week about how quickly a fiber optic cable network will be in place there like the one bringing Google Fiber to Huntsville.

"We are not leaving out the populated areas of the county," Huntsville Utilities President and CEO Jay Stowe said Tuesday. "We will be in conversations with Madison soon to see if this model works there."

The model is this: Huntsville Utilities adds capacity to the fiber optic cable it is already running for its own needs, and then it leases the extra capacity to high-speed Internet and TV providers like Google Fiber. The model is already bringing Google Fiber to Huntsville starting in 2017.

Since the Google Fiber announcement, Madison residents have been reaching out on social media and to reporters saying, basically, "What about us?"

Huntsville Utilities supplies utilities to Madison, and it will have extra capacity in the fiber it runs there. The utilities also released a map Tuesday showing where it will eventually run fiber throughout Madison County.

Google Fiber is only committed to bringing its service to Huntsville at this point. The Huntsville rollout is expected to take about 3 1/2 years.

Where Google Fiber goes next in Alabama, if anywhere, isn't clear and Google isn't saying. But it is working closely with Huntsville Utilities, and Madison would be an attractive market for several reasons: income, population density, modern wiring, etc. The utility would also like the help paying for Madison's fiber optic cable.

Homeowners across the area can already go to Google Fiber's Huntsville website and show their interest. Madison homeowners may want to do that, too.