we will go to michael slinger erector of global -- google fiber cities. we welcome in the floor is yours. you will need to pull the microphone very close and push the button until the light stays on. >> chairman walden recommender ed sheeran members of the subcommittee thank you for the invitation to testify about investment in broadband infrastructure. we believe the successful agenda will benefit consumer small business is in the economy. my name is michael slinger and i currently serve as the director of google fiber city teams. in this role like oversee the operation of business strategy to bring gigabyte speeds across united states. we have long believed that the next chapter of the internet will be built on gigabit speeds. the gig delivers enough bandwidth for everyone in the home or small business brother devices and fast connections on lease entrepreneur ship. if today we were riding a bike having eight -- could be writing a race car. that's why we launched google fiber which provides download and upload connections of up to 1000 megabits per seco

we go to michael slinger. we welcome you. thank you for being here. the floor is yours. >> chairman walden, ranking member -- >> you will need to pull a microphone very close and push the little button there till the light stays on. >> chairman walden, ranking member eshoo and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to testify today about investment in broadband infrastructure. we believe a successful agenda for bandwidth abundance will benefit consumers, small business and the economy. my name is michael slinger. i currently serve as the director of google fine city teams. i oversee the operations, business strategy and on ground network to bring speeds to cities where we deploy google fiber across the united states. we have long believed that the next chapter of the internet will be built on gig babit speeds. we knows fast connections unleash innovation and entrepreneurship. think about it in these terms. if today we're riding a bike, having a gig means we could be driver a race car. it's just that much faster. that's why we launch

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we will go to michael slinger , director of google fiber cities. >> thank you for the invitation to testify about investment in in broadband infrastructure. we have long believed the next chapter of the internet will be built on gigabit speeds. this brings it up for everyone in the home for all devices. we know fast connections on these innovation and entrepreneurship. if today, we are riding a bike, we could be driving a race car it is that much faster. that is why we are promoting google fiber, uploads and downloads of 1000 megabits per second. this makes it faster, more useful, world relevant for everyone. launched the service five years ago and it is in kansas city, kansas city missouri, and austin. we are exploring bringing it to another for on top of that. we build a service from scratch, one street, one house, one wool at a time. this means working together with cities. this has given us insight into barriers to employment. well the fcc has improved rules our own experience demonstrates that more work needs to be done to reduce delays and barriers. second policymakers can ease the we