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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026Even though Enron's CEO Ken Lay and Worldcom's CEO Bernie Ebbers both received prison sentences after their fraud was revealed, the bubbles never stopped, and indeed, they only got worse. 15/ 1241