Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is wasting no time in moving forward with a huge expansion of its Google Fiber network which deliver high-speed Internet as well as TV and entertainment services. 

The Internet giant says it already has met with Triangle, Charlotte and other officials in the 34 communities that are on its shortlist for deployment of Google Fiber. Deployment decisions could be made by the end of the year. Google announced its list on Feb. 19.

Meanwhile, city and local officials also have received a detailed checklist from Google containing what it is looking for in determining which communities do and don’t get gigabit Internet to the doorstep.

“This week, our Fiber team traveled to meet with mayors and city officials from each of the 34 cities where we’re exploring the possibility of building Google Fiber,” the Google network team posted in a blog late Friday.

“Building a fiber network is a big job, and it requires a lot of advance planning and collaboration — so over the next few months, these cities will be working with us to complete a checklist that will help them become more ‘fiber-ready.'”

City of Raleigh officials disclosed the deployment of its own fiber infrastructure at a meeting last week and also confirmed they had met with Google. 

Several Triangle communities (Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Garner, Morrisville in addition to Raleigh) are on the Google list as well.

The timeline for making deployment decisions is pretty rapid, as spelled out in a “Fiber Ready Checklist” shared with local leaders:

  • Feb. 24th – Feb. 28th Cities meet with Google to review the checklist  in detail.
  • Feb. 24th – May 1st Cities review and respond to tasks and requirements on the checklist. Google and cities will hold regular calls to discuss progress and questions. Google begins detailed studies in cities.
  • May 1st, Midnight PT Deadline for cities to respond to items on the checklist.
  • May – End of 2014 Google evaluates completion of the items on the city checklist and completes the detailed study.

“This process will take some time, but we hope to have updates on which cities will get Fiber by the end of the year,” the document says.

Officials also were given pretty specific requirements built around three “core items,” as Google describes them:

  • Provide information about existing infrastructure: We’re asking your city to provide accurate information about local infrastructure like utility poles, conduit and existing water, gas and electricity lines so we’d know where to efficiently place every foot of fiber.
  • Help ensure access to existing infrastructure: We’re asking your city to help ensure that we, and other providers, can access and lease existing infrastructure. It would be wasteful and disruptive to put up duplicate utility poles or to dig up streets unnecessarily, when we could use existing poles or conduit.
  • Help make construction speedy and predictable: We’re asking your city to make sure you have efficient and predictable permit and construction processes appropriate for a project as large as a Google Fiber network build.

The entire document runs 29 pages.

Google Fiber already is deployed or being put in place in Kansas City, Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah.

Wi-Fi Too?

Google also is mulling Wi-Fi deployment for wireless Internet delivery. Says the document:

“Google Fiber is also exploring the possibility of deploying Wi-Fi in future Google Fiber cities. Requirements related to Wi-Fi are not included in this checklist, but we will be discussing our Wi-Fi plans and related requirements with your city as we move forward with your city during this planning process.”