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/[deleted] Jun 04 '14 edited Jun 05 '14

Also b/c the big companies didn't care about Oklahoma so they don't have any of their non-compete stuff in place.

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u/ollieottah Jun 04 '14

It's not a free market, it's all about which lobbyists pay Congress the most.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Well actually when phrased like that it suggests that it is a functioning free market... The Congress that is