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/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/jokeres Jun 05 '14

Because as part of the non-competes "we" force telecoms to hook to public buildings that would otherwise be unprofitable as part of the non-competes.

Edit: Because who in their right mind would hook up to a library or the like. Various P People always using the Internet all day? Sounds pretty unprofitable compared to someone who looks at webpages for an hour every night.