Thread | Brutkey

@ramsey@phpc.social @rysiek@mstdn.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange

Now and then, while I'm waiting for the kettle to boil for a mid morning cup of tea, I spend time staring out the window and wondering if they have they captured enough individual politicians/governments to ensure bail outs when the bubble is no more. The next round of " too big to fail".

I also hope there is a widespread community of smart cookies actively brainstorming, planning and designing good uses of the infrastructure and resources that will be abandoned.

Ben Ramsey
@ramsey@phpc.social

@Gupperduck@mastodon.social @rysiek@mstdn.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange I think the answers are: yes, they will bail them out, and no, no one will put the infrastructure to good use. This is not to say someone won't come up with a good use for it. It’s just that I do not have faith that the people who own the infrastructure will listen; they’ll find something else to chase with it.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social

@ramsey@phpc.social @Gupperduck@mastodon.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange I believe there is still unused fiber in the ground laid down during the dot com bubble…

Ben Ramsey
@ramsey@phpc.social

@rysiek@mstdn.social @Gupperduck@mastodon.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange A lot of that was on purpose since fiber is cheap but labor is expensive. Since they were upgrading their systems anyway, they installed fiber well above the needs of current network, and it remained dark for many, many years. Most cities still have a lot of dark fiber that telecoms are essentially paying them not to use so they can have a monopoly on local internet services.