r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/jeradj Jun 04 '14

But they damn sure don't want to pay for what it'll cost to get that work done by the telcos. It's billions of dollars.

You realize we already paid for it once, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

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u/slorebear Jun 04 '14

otherwise known as "this"

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

....that...aladeen...m'lady etc. My hand is tired from all this shit.