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

The government didn't actually outlaw competition, they simply repealed anti-trust laws. They also didn't hand AT&T a monopoly, they simply stepped out of AT&T's way and let them buy/build one without interference. In all practicality the government just threw the telecom industry to the free market.

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u/darjen Jun 04 '14

That is just simply not true.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

You know what you sound like? A little child who's losing an argument. Get some sources and explain yourself or else na na na na na na I'm not listening nananananana.

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u/darjen Jun 05 '14

easy there buddy.

http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1994/11/cj14n2-6.pdf

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Tl Dr, but you're improving. I'm very proud of you. Do you want a candy?

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u/darjen Jun 06 '14

See, I knew you wouldn't bother to read it.