Google Fiber’s CEO is stepping down and the company is halting plans to offer service in several cities
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Craig Barratt, the head of Google’s broadband access company, is stepping down and the company is freezing plans to roll out high-speed broadband service to multiple cities, the company announced on Tuesday.
The move marks a significant setback for one of the company’s most ambitious projects.
Google started offering Gigabit speed internet access to Kansas City in 2010 and had plans to expand the service to many more cities.
“For most of our “potential Fiber cities” — those where we’ve been in exploratory discussions — we’re going to pause our operations and offices while we refine our approaches,” Barratt said in a blog post announcing the news
The changes will mean some layoffs, he said.
“In this handful of cities that are still in an exploratory stage, and in certain related areas of our supporting operations, we’ll be reducing our employee base.”
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