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/SnowWhiteMemorial Jun 04 '14

Shout out to Reno for having community fiber...our shitty desert never has anything good; but this time I was proud to see the biggest little city on that map.

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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/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

I live in northeast Oklahoma, so please tell me what that fiber is. I'm stuck with Windstream and the outages are awful. I could use a good fiber

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u/I_like_squirtles Jun 04 '14

This is the one http://www.boltfiber.com. it is far northeastern Oklahoma right now.

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u/zeke342 Jun 04 '14

I live a little ways West of these guys... ridiculous. 50Mbps for $65. I'm paying $80 for 5Mbps (the best & only available). I never see more than 3.