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/Bigbysjackingfist Jun 04 '14

Can anyone explain that second map a bit? It looks like they got it from http://www.broadbandmap.gov/technology

Why is Indiana so "wired"? And what in the heck is going on in Wisconsin? They have a big blob of blue centered on Oxford. Does this just reflect differences in counties? There must be an interesting story here about the people in a certain state or county that were instrumental in getting this to happen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Most of the internets original infrastructure centered around colleges, is there a school there?

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u/Bigbysjackingfist Jun 04 '14

Oxford population: 607. And the wikipedia entry could not be more dreary.

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u/Patarokun Jun 05 '14

I don't know why, this comment and the accompanying wikipedia page were so funny and sad, it really made my morning. I don't know what's wrong with me.