Although Portland, Ore. is known as the city that’s perpetually stuck in the early 1990s, it might be about to get a fiber network that’s very 21st century. The Oregonian reports that Portland’s city council has voted unanimously to approve Google Fiber’s franchise agreement with the city, which paves the way for Google’s high-speed fiber network to set up shop in the northwest for the first time. None of this guarantees that Google Fiber will land in Portland but it’s definitely something that Google will see as a big plus as it decides on where to bring Fiber next. And Google still needs to get licenses to use Portland’s utility poles and permits to put utility cabinets in public rights of
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