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.
Barratt suggested in his blog post announcing the news that there would be layoffs.
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