The internet provider held a community event Sept. 18 in downtown Round Rock to celebrate the milestone.
The overview
According to John-Michael Cortez, government and community affairs manager at Google Fiber, fiber installation began in southeast Round Rock last year. The first Round Rock customers began receiving service Sept. 1.
The goal is to be mostly complete in building out the entire city with fiber cables by the end of 2025, he said.
“We'll be starting to turn on service in some of these other neighborhoods moving up this direction,” Cortez said. “We have a lot of this area that just finished most of the construction. We continue to move north and we’ll be crossing I-35.”
As of July, over 300,000 linear feet of microtrenching had been completed so far, as previously reported by Community Impact.
Round Rock officials said that microtrenching construction to lay the fiber lines will continue throughout the rest of the year and into 2025, and that service will become intermittently available as portions of the network are completed in their area.
Some context
In October 2022, Round Rock City Council approved an agreement with Google Fiber to install, maintain and operate a fiber optic network in the city. The agreement makes Round Rock the third city in Texas to receive the service after Austin and San Antonio.
Officials said in a news release that the service is also set to expand to the Cedar Park, Kyle and Lakeway communities.
What residents should know
- Residents can enter their home or business address here to be notified when service will become available in their area, if it isn’t already.
- Flyers and door hangers will be placed to notify residents of when construction will begin in their area, which will take place from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily.
- Residents are asked to call 877-454-6959 to notify the Google Fiber team if there are issues during construction.
