Google Fiber Goes Out in Kansas City as World Series Starts

Oct. 28, 2015, 4:00 AM UTC

\Alphabet Inc.'s Internet and TV service Google Fiber went out in Kansas City as the opening game of baseball’s championship series got going.

“Tonight, some Google Fiber customers in Kansas City experienced a service outage,” a Google spokesperson said via e-mail. “We’re working hard to make sure our customers can enjoy the rest of the World Series, and we’ll provide more details as soon as we can. We apologize for this interruption on an important night.”

The Internet problems coincided with an interruption to Fox’s TV broadcast which resulted in viewers missing part of one inning. Google Fiber service was later ...

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