Credit: Google Fiber

The big news finally broke today: Google Fiber is coming to the Alamo City.

This is the largest city Google Fiber has targeted, both by area and population. 

The construction phase, which will take at least two years, involves installing 4,000 miles of fiber optic cable throughout San Antonio.

That seems like a staggering amount, and to help ourselves put it in perspective we found five places that are approximately 4,000 miles away from Bexar County.

The North Pole Credit: NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

The North Pole is crazy far — about 4,000 miles away from San Antonio.

Lake Poopó, Bolivia Credit: Lovisa Selander

This is Bolivia’s second largest lake, after Lake Titicaca. 

Honolulu Credit: Wikicommons

Waikiki beach, anyone?

The Azores Credit: Guillaume Baviere

These islands are in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal. 

This is the Bering Strait. Siberia is to the left and Alaska is to the right. Credit: Wikicommons

Google Fiber stretched from San Antonio could cross the Bering Strait and land in Siberia.

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