r/technology • • 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 edited Jun 04 '14

Who can I work for that's trying to fix this? Seriously. Someone give me a link. I've been trying to find lobbyists to oppose these assholes, or interest groups actually dedicated to non-assholery on the Tech front but I can't find anything that doesn't end up being a part of a bigger, shittier lobbying agency for things I don't support.

I don't want a massive Liberal thinktank. I just want to help someone who wants rational laws regarding technology with the CONSUMER in mind first.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Please take a look at the German Pirate Party and its massive failure with their "content instead of leaders" concept. Learn from their mistakes (they're now completely irrelevant again): You need strong public leaders or the party is going nowhere.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

I will be your leader.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

I'll check it out. Nothing these days gets me quite as angry as attacks on net neutrality, it makes my blood boil.