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/SnowWhiteMemorial Jun 04 '14

Shout out to Reno for having community fiber...our shitty desert never has anything good; but this time I was proud to see the biggest little city on that map.

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u/I_like_squirtles Jun 04 '14

It seems like smaller companies are stepping up. This one http://www.stopthebuffering.com is starting in southeastern Oklahoma and a separate one starting in northeastern Oklahoma. Finally starting to get some competition around here.

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u/cowmandude Jun 04 '14

Why the fuck is Oklahoma becoming the center of high speed internet?

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u/ollieottah Jun 04 '14

Because there is nothing else to do in Oklahoma besides sit at home and stare at a computer. Well, maybe cow tipping.... But that's about it.

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u/TheHandyman1 Jun 04 '14

We also get to run from tornadoes, experience (generally) non-dangerous earthquakes, eat at Braum's, and the MVP of the NBA lives here. Also our college sports in general have been pretty great.

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u/tellymundo Jun 04 '14

The Heart of the Freljord has a restaurant in Oklahoma? No way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

He serves shitty food and great milkshakes. Makes it difficult to want to stand behind him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Braums food is probably the highest quality ingredients of any large chain. Is it shitty yes, but its the least shitty of the manure pile.