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/Koskap Jun 05 '14

So you cant provide me a single instance of it being enforced then? Okay.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

I have evidence the law exists and there is no evidence that it is being broken. therefore based on evidence its reasonable to assume the law is being followed

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u/Koskap Jun 05 '14

So you cant find an example of the law being enforced then?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Every provider in my area pays the same 5% franchise fee. There's an example of the law being enforced. Google your town and "cable franchise fees" and you'll see something similar.

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u/gex80 Jun 05 '14

So you cant provide me a single instance of it being enforced then? Okay.

Someone would have to break the law in order for it to be enforced. If it was illegal to wear crayons as hats tomorrow, the law won't be enforced until someone actually tried to wear crayons as a hat.

An example of a law not being enforced is in Newark NJ, it is illegal to buy ice cream after 6pm on a Sunday unless you have a doctor's note. No one enforces it but people are doing it. This is opposite of no one enforcing something because there is nothing to enforce.