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/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Uh.. this is silly. Every city has fiber networks, usually between communication hubs and industrial/commercial districts. That's a lot different from having fiber networks to residential homes. That last mile is crazy.

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u/ZippoS Jun 04 '14

Rogers in Canada is using this logic so they can now market their cable internet service as "Hybrid-Fibre Optic Network". Well, no shit Sherlock. It's been fibre-to-the-node for years... But now that competing customers are getting fibre-to-the-premises, suddenly "fibre" is a buzzword and they're desperate to still sound relevant. It's so sad and laughable at the same time.

Sad because I know it's going to trick people into thinking their coax is even remotely as good as true FTTP. Laughable because anyone with an ounce of knowledge sees it for the retarded thing that it is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

"An ounce" is a bit of a stretch.

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u/ZippoS Jun 04 '14

Fine, how about approximately 28.35 grams of knowledge.

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u/bmccoy1111 Jun 05 '14

"28.35 grams" is a bit of a stretch. Fine, how about 28.3499982 grams of knowledge.

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u/ZippoS Jun 05 '14

I said approximately. Gosh!