Where's my gigabit Internet, anyway?

There is even a small but growing group of Americans for whom gigabit connectivity is already here. Municipalities from Texas to Minnesota, and from Vermont to Nevada, are all seeing gigabit providers sprout up like fibrous little buds.

Those, however, are mostly either local governments offering services only to their residents, or limited promotional deployments from companies like CenturyLink and CSpire. Google Fiber -- and, more recently, AT&T -- are the only major national players with active plans for gigabit residential services.

Google Fiber is currently available in Kansas City, with plans afoot for Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah, and more expansion in the works. AT&T announced that it will offer gigabit service to the Triangle area of North Carolina. But those two may be it for the general public’s foreseeable future, as no other major US ISPs are planning home gigabit service.