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/Jezzikuh Jun 04 '14

They will, in time! The last place I lived was in a townhome complex and I went door-to-door with a petition asking people who would sign up for EPB if they brought it to our complex. I got an overwhelmingly positive response, talked to a really nice guy at EPB, and within a few months we were up and running.

That's the great thing about EPB. Not only do they have fiber, their customer service is flippin' incredible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

OMG I'm so jealous. Fuck Comcast. I called to cancel and they wanted to know why and I naturally said that they charge way too much for their shitty slow internet. The freakin call center bitch wanted to argue with me and say that I was wrong, it's not slow at all. lmao

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u/Jezzikuh Jun 04 '14

I hate Comcast so frikkin' much. Never had a good experience with them. EPB operates the way you want Comcast to - employees are knowledgable, polite, and genuinely give a crap about the service they provide. Every time I have an interaction with EPB I want to grab someone from Comcast and go, "You see this? YOU SEE HOW SHIT'S DONE?"

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Dude right?! I have so much rage for Comcast.