By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026My home in Burbank has a 2GB symmetrical fiber connection through AT&T that runs on old Worldcom fiber that AT&T bought up for pennies on the dollar. 12/ 1260
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026So while you have to squint really hard to find any benefit that can be salvaged from Enron, it's really easy to point at Worldcom's productive residue - it's a ton of fiber and conduit running under the streets of major cities around the world. 13/ 1292
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026That fiber is ready to be lit up and bring the people nearby into the 21st century. Fiber, after all, is *amazing*, literally *thousands* of times better than copper *or* 5G *or* Starlink: pluralistic.net/2026/04/07/s... 14/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Switzerland’s Goldilocks fiber (07 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1302
