If you're keeping track of every Google Fiber rollout milestone, here's another one to add to your list: construction is underway.
The California-based tech giant announced today it's beginning work on the outer ring of its fiber-optic network, which will eventually supply Internet at speeds of 1 gigabit-per-second to Nashville homes. That's about 100 times faster than the average speed available in the U.S.
"With the design of our Google Fiber network completed, you'll see us around town digging and stringing fiber cables so that we can deliver Google Fiber's super-fast Internet to the city," a Google spokesperson said in a statement.
Google first included Nashville on a list of potential fiber cities in early 2014, before confirming the city would receive the network in late January of this year.
In Nashville, contractor Bechtel will be largely responsible for laying the network. The process will involve drilling below ground to install fiber optic cables wrapped in orange conduit, as well as attaching fiber to huts and utility poles. A construction timeline is not yet available, which means there's still no word on when you'll actually be able to use the service.
Google Fiber is one of three gigabit networks headed to Music City. AT&T GigaPower is already available for some people, and Comcast Gigabit Pro, which offers speed twice as fast and Google and AT&T, should launch some time this month.
Google has also been filling out its Nashville team, including naming a community manager from the music community.
