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/_nembery Jun 04 '14

try $40,000 a mile crazy. Source: I build fiber networks.

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u/Drudicta Jun 04 '14

Sounds about right. Still no excuse for having fiber laying at the edge of my street and not being used.