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=== Internet services === In February 2010, Google announced the [[Google Fiber]] project, with experimental plans to build an ultra-high-speed broadband network for 50,000 to 500,000 customers in one or more American cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ingersoll |first1=Minnie |last2=Kelly |first2=James |date=February 10, 2010 |title=Think big with a gig: Our experimental fiber network |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129150926/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=Official Google Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=February 10, 2010 |title=Google Plans To Deliver 1Gb/sec Fiber-Optic Broadband Network To More Than 50,000 Homes |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/10/google-fiber-optic-network-home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145628/https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/10/google-fiber-optic-network-home/ |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher=[[AOL]]}}</ref> Following Google's corporate restructure to make Alphabet Inc. its parent company, [[Google Fiber]] was moved to Alphabet's Access division.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Kevin |date=August 25, 2016 |title=Inside the Battle Over Google Fiber |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-the-battle-over-google-fiber |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129144256/https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-the-battle-over-google-fiber |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=The Information}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Statt |first=Nick |date=August 25, 2016 |title=Alphabet is putting serious pressure on Google Fiber to cut costs |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12652734/google-fiber-access-alphabet-layoffs-wireless-internet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145849/http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12652734/google-fiber-access-alphabet-layoffs-wireless-internet |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]]}}</ref> In April 2015, Google announced [[Project Fi]], a mobile virtual network operator, that combines Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different telecommunication providers in an effort to enable seamless connectivity and fast Internet signal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Nick |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2015/04/project-fi.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129150714/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2015/04/project-fi.html |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=Official Google Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=David |date=April 22, 2015 |title=Google launches 'Project Fi' wireless service |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/22/technology/google-project-fi-wireless-service/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129150255/http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/22/technology/google-project-fi-wireless-service/ |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2016 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
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