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Alaskan005
on Dec 14, 2012
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Seattle to deploy Gigabit fiber network
"Why? The cost for running the fiber has already been paid."
Not every mile is owned by one company, the internet is a series of tubes
illuminate
on Dec 19, 2012
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This is true! However costs over the years have plummeted for those uplinks and the reduction in costs have not been passed on to the consumer through much lower priced service.
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Not every mile is owned by one company, the internet is a series of tubes