Google has announced that its project, Google Fiber, will not be accepting any more new cities for its Internet network. The project was created to go up against cable and other Internet providers as a much faster option.
But the process has proven to be too expensive. According to Bloomberg, nine percent of the staff is being let go, and Project Chief Craig Barratt is stepping down.
There are already eight metropolitan areas with Google Fiber as an option, the Triangle being one of them. Google began installing Fiber in Chapel Hill earlier this year, but residents expressed concern over problems such as damaged water lines.
In an email Wednesday from Chapel Hill town manager Roger Stancil to the Town Council, Stancil says the standstill with Fiber will not affect Chapel Hill. Along with finishing installation of the network here, he says Google has assured the town that the company remains committed to start accepting Fiber signups in six other Triangle locations.
I live on Oakland Lane at Village West in Chapel Hill. When will our complex have access to Google fiber?