The City submitted its comprehensive RFI to Google on March 25th. According to Google, 1100 RFI’s were received from government agencies nationwide. Of those, 130 were from California alone. Google will be spending the next few months reviewing these RFI’s to determine how many of them it will pursue further. A decision is expected by the end of the year.
Here are just a few reasons why Santa Clarita is READY for Google Fiber:
- Santa Clarita has great weather – this makes deploying fiber easier
- High-adoption rate for broadband
- Fast and efficient government - easy to work with, non-bureaucratic, streamlined permitting process
- Over 50 miles of 3” inch conduit available
- Santa Clarita is an attractive city to live, work, and play:
- "Most Business Friendly City in Los Angeles County”
- "Best Place to Live in California"
- "100 Best Communities for Young People"
- "Third Safest City in California"
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If you have a great idea about how you would use a 1 GB fiber connection, or if you have specific questions about the project, please send a message to googlefiber@santa-clarita.com.
What is Google Fiber?
Google is planning to launch a fiber-to-the-home broadband experiment that should make Internet access better and faster for everyone. It will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. It plans to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people. Google plans to test this ultra-high speed 
broadband network in one or more trial locations across the country. The goal of the project is to 1) test new “killer apps,” 2) experiment with fiber deployment, and to 3) provide openness and choice for consumers.
More Information
Googe Fiber Initiative
City of Santa Clarita Existing Fiber Conduit Map
"City wants to be Googled" - The Signal
"Google plans to build high-speed broadband service" - Los Angeles Times
College supports Santa Clarita’s Google Fiber project