AT&T Fiber vs Google Fiber
These two overlap in 24 metro areas and 207 towns and cities, so for a lot of people this is a real choice rather than a hypothetical one. The first question is not which is better. It is which of them can reach you.
AT&T Fiber vs Google Fiber at a glance
| Measure | AT&T Fiber | Google Fiber |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Fiber | Fiber |
| Residential locations on that technology | 19,375,365 | 1,886,259 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where AT&T Fiber is available | Where Google Fiber is available |
We do not publish speeds or prices here. Both providers change them constantly and by market, and a stale number is worse than no number. Coverage is the part that is federally reported and verifiable.
Where you can get both
Metro areas where both AT&T Fiber and Google Fiber report service, ranked by how well covered the less available of the two is because that is what decides whether you genuinely get a choice.
These percentages count each operator's whole reported network. 23.8% of what AT&T Fiber files with the FCC is fiber. The FCC publishes that split nationally and never per metro, so a high number here means the operator reaches the metro, not that it reaches it on that technology.
Where only one of them reaches
AT&T Fiber reports service in 47 states and Google Fiber in 18, and they share 17 of them. Overlap is the exception, not the rule, so if you are outside the table above this is the part that answers your question.
850 metro areas have AT&T Fiber and not Google Fiber
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area 89% covered
- Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area 88% covered
- Akron, OH Metro Area 87% covered
- Gainesville, GA Metro Area 85% covered
- Key West, FL Micro Area 85% covered
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area 85% covered
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area 83% covered
- Vicksburg, MS Micro Area 83% covered
2 metro areas have Google Fiber and not AT&T Fiber
- Pocatello, ID Metro Area 34% covered
- Blackfoot, ID Micro Area 0% covered
States where only AT&T Fiber reports service: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and 18 more. States where only Google Fiber reports service: Idaho.
Showing the eight best covered of each. Ranked by reported coverage within the metro, from the same FCC filing as the table above. Providers self report and overstate, so read these as a ceiling on where a company will sell to you, not a promise about your street.
Which should you pick?
Honestly, in most of the places above only one of them will actually reach your building, and that settles it. Where both do reach you, the useful question is the technology rather than the brand.
Both are mainly fiber networks, so the technology argument does not separate them. Compare on price, contract terms and local service reputation instead, none of which the FCC publishes, and none of which we will invent.
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