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Chattanoogan here. Our fiber network has been a huge asset for the local economy. It helped give birth to our own little tech startup ecosystem. It made way
by snewk 10y ago
Chattanoogan here.
Our fiber network has been a huge asset for the local economy.
It helped give birth to our own little tech startup ecosystem.
It made way for the build out of city wide wifi.
It's run by our local power company, EPB, who remains committed to net neutrality, and refuses to enact data caps.
It's forced ATT/Comcast to offer gigabit+ services to remain relevant.
I could go on and on.
Yes, its true that no 'killer gigabit app' has emerged, but give it time. IoT, decentralized services, etc. are all still in their infancy. Its too early to dismiss the internet of the future as a boondogle because 'it doesnt make money' yet.
- msandford 10y agoSeems like you've listed a bunch of things that together might well be considered a killer app. Sure it's not an app you put on your phone and print money with just because it's got access to gigabit. But quantitative differences eventually become qualitative ones.
- astrodust 10y agoWe've spent trillions building out this thing called the internet and yet I've yet to see a single killer app. Maybe the whole thing is a waste?