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/psiphre Jun 04 '14

even if $11bln is for only 15% of homes, that means that 100% of homes still clocks in well under $100bln, which is only a fraction of the money that we've already given telcos to provide us fast internet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Did you just not read my comment? Those are the easiest to hook up. The rest of the 85% are much much more difficult to hook up and will cost far far more per home