Nine percent of Google Fiber's staff is being laid off or reassigned, and the company says it will be "pausing" its operations in most of the "potential Fiber cities."
Although saying "we'll be reducing our employee base," the exact number of layoffs was not announced alongside Barratt's departure, however Bloomberg reports nine percent of the Access division will lose their jobs there, amounting to about 130 people.
Webpass, which was recently purchased by Google Fiber, will continue, and the plan is to expand the service, offering high speed wireless Internet in cities such as San Francisco, Boston, and Miami.
If you want to know what it's like having the fastest (just about) Internet in the country, check out Tuan's story. Spoiler alert: with a 2Gbps fiber connection, the internet is your hard drive.
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