The race to deliver gigabit broadband services is accelerating, and G.fast is the technology that telecom service providers need to compete successfully. G.fast will change the market for high-speed broadband and could reverse the subscriber migration to fiber and cable services. G.fast builds on the success of VDSL2 and removes significant limitations. The first chipsets to support G.fast are already available, the first subscribers have been connected and many service providers are running trials that demonstrate performance up to 1 Gbit/s.