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One year after work began to install Google Fiber’s fiber optic cables in Round Rock, the first customers in the city are starting to receive service.
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
