Google Fiber has reported its first customer in Chandler.

As of November, “GFiber’s” first ISP customer has been served, according to a news release.

Google broke ground on fiberoptic cabling in Chandler in a November 2023 ceremony. Since then, the tech giant announced in March that Mesa became the first Arizona city where the service was live.

The Chandler City Council approved a license agreement in February 2023, allowing GFiber to build a fiber-to-the-home network to serve residents and businesses with high-speed, high-bandwidth internet.

Service is expected to reach the entire city by 2028.

GFiber’s fiberoptics are made of glass strands and use lasers to transmit information at rates close to the speed of light. Google says this means faster upload and download speed across multiple devices and a 99.9% reliable connection.

Mayor Kevin Hartke led a November 2023 groundbreaking ceremony on vacant dirt in downtown Chandler.

He praised the plan at the ceremony, which also included Chandler Chamber of Commerce President Terri Kimble; Michelle Koyle, GFiber’s head of metropolitan tech operations head for expansion of the West and Ashley Hansen Church, a Chandler native and the GFiber western region general manager.

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