Less than a month after finalizing its Google Fiber deal with the City of Provo, Google this week provided more details about the project - including pricing plans.
Google revealed three initial plans, available at sign-up. For $70 per month, residents can get Gigabit Internet, which provides Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps download and upload. Gigabit Internet + TV will cost $120 per month and provide gigabit Internet plus high-definition cable channels, with the ability to record up to eight shows at once and store up to 500 hours of HD content.
If that's too pricey, Google will also offer free Internet access at speeds up to 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload for at least the next seven years.
Each plan requires a one-time, $30 construction fee, paid by single-family homeowners at the time of sign-up, or by property managers when they sign an agreement to wire an entire building.
Between now and October, Google will be focused on a few key areas of work, with the goal of getting its first Google Fiber customers hooked up in the Utah town before the end of the year.
"First — and many might argue, most importantly — we're working to upgrade the existing fiber network in Provo to be Gigabit-ready," Google Fiber's director of business operations, Michael Slinger, said in a blog post.
The company will also talk with property managers and the owners of large apartment buildings and condominiums to help plan for the future. Installing Google Fiber in buildings with five or more units takes a lot of time, Slinger said, encouraging landlords to get in touch with Google.
In rolling out Google Fiber in Provo, Google purchased iProvo, a city-owned fiber-optic network currently owned by Veracity Communications. Current Veracity customers in single-family homes will see no changes, Slinger said, but will have the opportunity later this year to switch to Google Fiber.
Provo residents wishing to keep up with Google news can sign up online for the Fiber newsletter.
Google Fiber is already installed in the Kansas City area, and will also roll out to Austin, Texas customers beginning next summer.