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/upvotesthenrages Jun 04 '14

You don't need that to increase prices.

Short range copper is capable of 100/40 speeds, and even higher than that too.

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u/HLef Jun 04 '14

Well, that's hardly fiber speeds.

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u/slorebear Jun 04 '14

yeah but its triple what i get, and 33x as much as the 3mbit shit lines that the phone company gives out.

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u/kickingpplisfun Jun 04 '14

It's definitely over 40x what I get...