Google Fiber Plans for Portland Have Been Suspended

Google's long-discussed plans to bring it's high speed internet to Portland and the surrounding area have been suspended, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

The paper says that it is part of a shift from fiber to wireless technology.

The Journal says that, as a result, the company suspended projects in Portland and San Jose, California.

Google Fiber had spent hundreds of millions laying high speed internet cables in cities around the country, looking to provide services dozens of times faster than the average found most places in the United States.

Locally, it means a halt to discussions that have been happening not only in Portland but in places like Lake Oswego.

“We’re disappointed, because we’ve been working pretty closely with them and made some progress to the point where I thought we were close to an agreement," Lake Oswego City Manager Scott Lazenby told the Lake Oswego Review.

The paper says that the city had been negotiating with the company for more than a year to include Lake Oswego but never reached an agreement.