谷歌光纜發展受阻 擴張計劃要調整

Google Fiber's plans to bring super-fast Internet speeds throughout the U.S. are hitting some stumbling blocks, according to recent reports.

根據最新報道，谷歌Fiber旨在大幅提升全美網速的計劃受到了一些阻力。

Citing sources close to parent Alphabet, tech-industry news service The Information said high costs of the current and a shortfall in subscribers led Alphabet CEO Larry Page to tell Fiber chief Craig Barratt last month to "halve the size of the Google Fiber team to 500 people."

據技術產業新聞媒體《The Information》援引谷歌母公司Alphabet的消息稱，光纖高額的成本及缺乏消費者，使得Alphabet首席執行官拉里·佩奇在上月告知光纖計劃負責人克雷格·巴勒特，將光纖團隊從原先500人的規模裁剪至約一半。

Its internal target was to reach 5 million subscribers in five years of its start, but by the end of 2014, it counted only 200,000 broadband subscribers, according to the report.

據該報道稱，按原計劃，在最初實施的前五年時間內用戶規模達500萬，但截止到2014年年底，只有區區20萬的寬帶用戶。

The company announced Fiber, which offers speeds of one gigabit a second, in 2010 and launched in Kansas City in 2012. Google has since expanded Fiber to seven cities, including Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte.

光纖計劃是谷歌公司在2010年推出的，旨在爲用於提供1G/每秒的網速，並於2012年在堪薩斯州開展，在隨後的幾年裏，谷歌公司陸續在包括亞特蘭大、納什維爾和夏洛特在內的七座城市裏開展此計劃。

While demand has been strong, build-out has been slow, allowing Google's telecom rivals to race ahead.

雖然市場需求很旺盛，但谷歌公司鋪設的進展卻很慢，這給了其電信競爭對手迎頭趕上的機會。

Fiber delayed its rollout plans in two Silicon Valley cities to incorporate wireless alternatives, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

據《聖何塞水星新聞》報道，谷歌在硅谷周邊的兩座城市先後兩次擱淺此計劃，最後不得不採取與無線設備廠商合作的替代計劃。

In a bid to speed up rollouts and make the cost more efficient, Google has been looking into using wireless technology for its future Fiber rollouts.

爲了加快光纖計劃的實施，同時使投入得到最有效利用，谷歌已經與無線技術公司展開合作。

Earlier this month the company filed with FCC for permission to use the 3.5Ghz band of spectrum to test the technology in as many as 24 locations over the next 24 months.

在此前月初，谷歌已經得到美國聯邦委員會關於測試3.5Ghz信號傳送器的許可，並計劃兩年內在24個地區試點此項技術。