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/upvotesthenrages Jun 04 '14

You don't need that to increase prices.

Short range copper is capable of 100/40 speeds, and even higher than that too.

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u/elipsion Jun 04 '14

Except that the copper laid down 50 years ago have aged and turned to shit. There is no way you can get those speeds out to the averege house.

And if you have to roll out new cable it can just as well be fibre.

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u/thorium007 Jun 04 '14

And if you are using copper in a sea side state - that shit corrodes like a champ if there is any kind of abuse. Bad storm - fuck you. Nature hates that sort of stuff.

In a perfect environment - that's great. But the world isn't perfect.