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The Tangled Web Of Fiber Optics Lines & Gates

sdirector writes "Monday, super investor Warren Buffett jolted the nearly prostrate telecom industry by leading an investment of $500 million in Level 3 Communications ... Buffett's investment could set in motion a complex web of relationships and -- if you play it all out in just the right way -- put Bill Gates in charge of every fiber-optic line in the USA." The actual article itself is pretty interesting reading. Update: 07/12 08AM GMT by C :The link was broken, it has now been fixed. Sorry about that.

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  1. Re:My favorite things by poopbot by Not+Quite+Jake · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ahhhh poopbot...It's stuff like this that makes me question the TRUE worth of humanity...and dream of the possibilities with a weapon like this.