It looks like Google is getting more serious about Google Fiber, its plan to bring fast fiber-optic internet connections to the US.The company just hired Gabriel Stricker into a new role running policy and communications for the group.Google Fiber, led by former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish, launched in 2010 in Kansas City, Kansas, and has since expanded to a handful of other small cities, including Austin, Nashville, and Salt Lake City.
But earlier this month, Google announced plans to expand to LA and Chicago — the second- and third-largest US cities, respectively.Google Fiber is technically no longer part of Google, but was spun off into a separate company within Alphabet, the new larger holding company that includes Google’s core online, advertising, and Android businesses — still called Google — plus newer “moonshot” projects like self-driving cars.The fact that Alphabet sees the need for a dedicated policy and communications person suggests that it’s turning Fiber from an experiment — and a way to spur internet providers to offer faster access — into a serious business.
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