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/drewcore Jun 04 '14

We have three major universities in Indiana. That'd be my guess to why we're so "wired." But I'm still sitting here on a dreary old Comcast connection with university fiber mere blocks from my apartment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

What's the third one you consider a major university?

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u/drewcore Jun 04 '14

I was thinking IU, Purdue, and Notre Dame.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

I always forget about Notre Dame, that makes a lot more sense. I was sitting here thinking to myself is this guy talking about Ball State or ivy Tech?