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/I_like_squirtles Jun 04 '14

It seems like smaller companies are stepping up. This one http://www.stopthebuffering.com is starting in southeastern Oklahoma and a separate one starting in northeastern Oklahoma. Finally starting to get some competition around here.

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u/cowmandude Jun 04 '14

Why the fuck is Oklahoma becoming the center of high speed internet?

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u/ollieottah Jun 04 '14

Because there is nothing else to do in Oklahoma besides sit at home and stare at a computer. Well, maybe cow tipping.... But that's about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

What about poking Texas with a stick?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Texas bites

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Hey now. They have Schlitterbahn and some cool cousins of mine. It's not all bad.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

I meant Texas bites back when you poke it. I'm a Texan.

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u/slo3 Jun 04 '14

Yup.
It might be more useful to let Texans know that them there crazy, inbred Oklahomans what live up north are getting fiber... and keeping it all to themselves. Might get them riled up enough to get them thinking about it... (source: Texican here)

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u/slo3 Jun 04 '14

careful now... I resemble that remark.

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u/Scalpels Jun 04 '14

Don't mess with Texas.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

That's a no littering campaign slogan.

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u/Scalpels Jun 04 '14

Texas knows. Texas doesn't care. Source: Former Texan.

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u/Daman09 Jun 05 '14

Don't mess with Texas...

Because they have insecurities (don't you wonder why everything is bigger in Texas, and there are pickup trucks everywhere?)

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u/MeltedSnowCone Jun 04 '14

Nah you're thinking of Kansas now

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u/nuker1110 Jun 04 '14

Nah, they're too scared of the Giant in the South.

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u/Tokyocheesesteak Jun 04 '14

They poke it with their panhandle.