Google Fiber expands to 9 more US cities

Google has announced plans to provide Google Fiber high-speed Internet access in another 9 US metropolitan areas . Together with the suburbs (indicated on the map by small red dots), 34 candidate cities are now being considered.

In addition to the current Kansas City, Austin and Provo, residents of the cities and suburbs of Portland, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, San Antonio, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and a conglomerate of cities will soon have a chance to connect at a speed of 1 Gbps. Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina). All these cities, Google now checks for the availability of the necessary infrastructure, assesses the surface landscape and building density, and also makes a preliminary estimate. After the implementation of the above activities, cities will be announced, which will receive Google Fiber in the first place, until the end of 2014.

The ambitiousness of Google's plans cannot but amaze. About 24.2 million people live in the listed urban agglomerations. Compared to them, previous projects in Provo, Austin and Kansas City seem to be a relatively small experiment.
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Portland - 3 million
San Jose - 2 million
Salt Lake City - 2.3 million
Phoenix - 4.3 million
San Antonio - 2.2 million
Nashville - 1.6 million
Atlanta - 5.5 million
Charlotte - 2.3 million
Raleigh-Durham - 2 million

Maybe Google plans to cover all US cities with optical fiber, and then it will start for other countries?