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Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable
Jason Koebler writes: 'In light of the ongoing net neutrality battle, many people have begun looking to Google and its promise of high-speed fiber as a potential saving grace from companies that want to create an "internet fast lane." Well, even without Google, many communities and cities throughout the country are already wired with fiber — they just don't let their residents use it. Companies like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, and Verizon have signed agreements with cities that prohibit local governments from becoming internet service providers and prohibit municipalities from selling or leasing their fiber to local startups who would compete with these huge corporations.'
>he thinks the NSA doesn't already have black boxes in private datacenters already.
Isn't YouTube also considered social media?
Judging by the comments on the average YouTube video, I'm pretty sure it's considered antisocial media.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
That's like going to Slashdot to read the articles. Sure, you COULD, but...
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The hype is that Government is EEVILL! That anything Government does is Socialisms and that's so EEVILL that Satan himself designed it. And besides, nothing Government does can every work.
And that we're NOT a democracy, we're a REPUBLIC. Democratz is Socialists! EEVILL!