I heard and read about this yesterday. AT&T plans to bring its U-verse GigaPower gigabit fiber-optic services to several parts of the state including Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem. It also plans to get 100 businesses and 100 public sites connected. Below are 2 links on this topic.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-10/at-t-challenges-google-with-north-carolina-fiber-plans.html

http://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-poised-to-take-gigabit-fiber-broadband-to-north-carolina/