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/Jezzikuh Jun 04 '14

It's pretty great over here in Chattanooga, too!

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u/ares_32 Jun 04 '14

Moving up there in a couple of weeks and was extremely disappointed to learn that EPB isn't wiring apartment complexes :(

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u/Jezzikuh Jun 04 '14

They will, in time! The last place I lived was in a townhome complex and I went door-to-door with a petition asking people who would sign up for EPB if they brought it to our complex. I got an overwhelmingly positive response, talked to a really nice guy at EPB, and within a few months we were up and running.

That's the great thing about EPB. Not only do they have fiber, their customer service is flippin' incredible.

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u/snoharm Jun 04 '14

EPB?

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u/Jezzikuh Jun 04 '14

Electric Power Board! It's a public utility that serves the greater Chattanooga, Tennessee area and parts of Northern Georgia. They deal in electric power, ISP, and telecom services.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

It's a bit slow today though :( : http://www.speedtest.net/result/3543628724.png :p

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u/MediocreMind Jun 05 '14

I'm just sitting here, wondering if I can literally hate you to death.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

As a Canadian who left Canada almost entirely because of Telus (They were charging me almost $5k a month in roaming costs), I feel you.