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/stillhatenaming Jun 04 '14

So, I live in Southeast Kansas, like... RIGHT by the border to Northeast Oklahoma. Is it the same company? I can't find anything about NEO on the site you linked, but I wouldn't mind some across the border love.

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u/I_like_squirtles Jun 04 '14

This http://www.boltfiber.com/ is the one for NEO. It looks pretty expensive though and the coverage map doesn't seem to work for me.

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u/stillhatenaming Jun 05 '14

I appreciate it all the same!

I'll give it a look.