{"id":644,"date":"2016-10-14T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T04:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2018-11-15T01:34:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T01:34:56","slug":"fiber-internet-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/tech\/fiber-internet-news\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Popular Fiber Internet News Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Most Popular Fiber News 2016<\/h3>\n<p>You likely\u00a0heard the fiber internet news in June &#8211; Google Fiber acquired local Wireless Internet Service Provider, Webpass. This acquisition and other Google Fiber developments, dominated fiber news headlines over the last year. We thought it an opportune time to look back and recap on the most popular fiber internet news over the last 12 months. Here are\u00a0the most shared stories, as discovered via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BuzzSumo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover.jpg\" alt=\"10 most popular fiber internet news stories\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/10-most-popular-fiber-internet-news-stories-cover-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Counting Down The Most Shared Fiber Internet News<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Number 10.<\/strong> Coming in at number 10 with 5,000 shares on social media, Clinton Nguyen&#8217;s article on Vice; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/a-massachusetts-town-will-offer-2-gbps-fiber-internet-for-45-a-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigabit Internet Prices in This Small Town May One Day Beat Google Fiber<\/a>&#8220;. Clinton&#8217;s\u00a0content\u00a0was published on\u00a0the December 15th, 2015. Follow \/ see more of Clinton&#8217;s stories here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clinton_ngn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@clinton_ngn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 9. <\/strong>At number 9, with just over 5,000 shares on social media, Kerry Close&#8217;s article on Money Magazine; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4293694\/google-fiber-internet-comcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Is Working on a Wireless Home Internet Service So You Can Dump Comcast<\/a>&#8220;. Kerry&#8217;s report was published on the April 16th, 2016. Follow Kerry and see more of her reports here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerryclose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KerryClose<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number\u00a08.\u00a0<\/strong>At number 8, with 5,100 shares on social media, Sheldon Shafer&#8217;s piece on the Courier- Journal; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/09\/10\/google-fiber-city-examine-ultrafast-internet\/71930034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Fiber, city examine ultrafast Internet<\/a>&#8220;. Sheldon&#8217;s\u00a0article was published on September 11th, 2015. Follow and see more of Sheldon&#8217;s work here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheldonshafer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@sheldonshafer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 7.\u00a0<\/strong>Jon Russel&#8217;s report\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/google-fiber-guide#webpass\">Google Fiber&#8217;s acquisition of Webpass<\/a>, received a great amount of attention online. It was published\u00a0on TechCrunch and has had 5.5k shares on social media; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/06\/22\/google-fiber-is-buying-high-speed-internet-provider-webpass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Fiber is buying high-speed internet provider Webpass<\/a>&#8220;. Jon&#8217;s\u00a0story\u00a0was published on June 22nd, 2016. Follow and see Jon&#8217;s stories here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonrussell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jonrussell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 6. <\/strong>Lee Roop&#8217;s report on al.com about Google Fiber has been shared\u00a05.9k times on social media to date. Lee&#8217;s story; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/huntsville\/index.ssf\/2016\/02\/google_fiber_is_bringing_its_u.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Fiber is bringing its ultra-fast Internet service to Huntsville<\/a>&#8220;, was\u00a0published on February 22nd, 2016.\u00a0Follow and see more reports from Lee here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leeroop\">@leeroop<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Top 5 Fiber Internet News Stories Start Here<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Number 5. <\/strong>Klint Finley also wrote about Google&#8217;s acquisition of Webpass on wired.com; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/06\/google-fiber-just-swallowed-another-internet-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Fiber Just Swallowed Up Another Internet Provider<\/a>&#8220;. Klint&#8217;s report\u00a0has had 6.9k shares on social media, after publication on the 23rd of June, this year.\u00a0Follow and see more of Klint&#8217;s work here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/klintron\">@klintron<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s official: Welcome to the Fiber family, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Webpass\">@Webpass<\/a>. Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D22LXKfzoY\">https:\/\/t.co\/D22LXKfzoY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FUU3HEQY6O\">pic.twitter.com\/FUU3HEQY6O<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 Google Fiber (@googlefiber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googlefiber\/status\/782999171288670209\">October 3, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 4.\u00a0<\/strong>At number 4, Tech Journalist Bob Dorman&#8217;s excellent resource on Ars Technica;\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/05\/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the Internet works: Submarine fiber, brains in jars, and coaxial cables<\/a>&#8220;. Bob&#8217;s content was published on May 25th, 2016. It has had 7.2k shares across social media.\u00a0Follow Bob here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobdormon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BobDorman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 3. <\/strong>Meg Graham&#8217;s report on the Chicago Tribune; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/bluesky\/originals\/ct-google-fiber-chicago-bsi-20151208-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Fiber superfast Internet service may come to Chicago<\/a>&#8221; has attracted 9.1k shares on social media. Published on December 8th, 2015. Follow Meg and see her stories here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megancgraham\">@megancgraham<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 2. <\/strong>At number 2, Souvik Ray&#8217;s article on the The Indian Times; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/andhra-pradesh-cm-launches-affordable-high-speed-fiber-optic-broadband-internet-252218.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andhra Pradesh CM Launches Affordable High Speed Fiber Optic Broadband Internet<\/a>&#8220;,\u00a0generated 9.7k social shares. Follow Souvik here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scandictouch\">@scandictouch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 1. <\/strong>With a massive 26.6k shares on social media: Alex Kuzoian&#8217;s animated video on Business Insider; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/animated-map-global-fiber-optic-internet-cables-2015-9?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animated map reveals the 885,000km of cable hidden under the ocean that power the internet<\/a>&#8220;. This video was published on September 2nd, 2015. Follow Business Insider here; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/businessinsider\">@businessinsider<\/a>\u00a0for more great content.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more fiber internet news? Our piece; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/how-fast-is-fiber-optic-internet.php\">how fast is fiber internet<\/a> has been popular. Also see this link to reveal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastmetrics.com\/blog\/fiber-internet\/fiber-internet-service-5-reasons-you-need-speed\/\">5 benefits of fiber internet service<\/a> in visual format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Popular Fiber News 2016 You likely\u00a0heard the fiber internet news in June &#8211; Google Fiber acquired local Wireless Internet Service Provider, Webpass. This acquisition and other Google Fiber developments, dominated fiber news headlines over the last year. 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