Google Fiber is reportedly well short of goal to get 5 million subscribers.
Google Fiber has reportedly fallen “well short” of its goal of signing up 5 million subscribers and may be on the verge of making significant staff cuts.
“Last month, Alphabet CEO Larry Page ordered Google Fiber’s chief, Craig Barratt, to halve the size of the Google Fiber team to 500 people,” according to a paywalled report from The Information that quotes people “close to Alphabet.”
The report does not say whether any staff cuts have already occurred.
Google Fiber was announced in February 2010, and its first deployment went live in Kansas City in November 2012. The company reportedly hoped to get 5 million customers within five years, but by the end of 2014, Google Fiber had just 200,000 Internet subscribers. While an updated number hasn’t been revealed, “it’s still well short of initial expectations,” The Information report said. The cost of installing fiber in each city has also exceeded Alphabet’s expectations, the report said.
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SOURCE: Ars Technica
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