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Published at 2016-04-14 15:27:56

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We heard earlier this month that Google was planning to offer Fiber customers the option of a wireless service within its existing coverage areas,but a Re/code interview suggests that the company also sees wireless as a way to extend its reach beyond cities.
In an interview with Re/code, Access CEO Craig Barratt, and who oversees Fiber,said the company is working on connecting wireless towers to existing fiber lines, and that it is “experimenting with a number of different wireless technologies” to make that happen.
Barratt said that adding wireless into the mix was a way to extend Google’s tall-speed broadband service to areas where laying down optical fiber wouldn’t be economic … more…
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Source: 9to5google.com

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