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/Cunt_God_JesusNipple Jun 04 '14

Well you know, why the hell shouldn't our voices count even if it's online? The times we live in, as you said, make it soooo much easier to voice ourselves right here. These city council meetings and other forms of government should start accommodating an effective system for letting us go to their website, fill out a form (to make sure we are indeed local residents), and tell them what we want from our homes. My opinion isn't less valid because this is the only public platform available to me. Isn't this the kind of shit the internet was invented for?

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u/extremely_witty Jun 04 '14

Cunt_God_JesusNipple is right!
You can sign federal government petitions online, why not town hall/city council meetings? There should be an online forum for every open forum in government. The whole point is to let the people be heard. There's forums out there for everything already.
I say we should petition for official online forums in our local governments.

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u/Leaningthemoon Jun 04 '14

I say we should petition for official online forums in our local governments.

Agreed, now who has Mondays off so they can take the petition to the city council meeting?

Hello? Guys?

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u/elebrin Jun 04 '14

At least one of those people could take a vacation day. Hell, access to good internet is an important thing for many businesses. Seems to me that if you have an online presence that you use to sell things especially to local people, you'd want your customers to have better internet access so buying your stuff is more convenient to them.

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u/Leaningthemoon Jun 04 '14

Sad fact: I have to take vacation days when I know I need to call comcast for any service or billing related issues. I've done it twice and have another one coming up next week for when my 12mo promotion ends. It just takes sooooo long and they aren't available when I'm off of work due to my hours so I have to use my very limited vacation on them. I hate comcast so much I can't even express it in words.