Maybe Nobody Wants Your Space Internet

Published: March 19, 2018, 7:12 a.m.

b'In the early 2000s, Greg Wyler, former founder of a semiconductor company, was laying fiber in Africa. He wanted to do something that mattered. Semiconductors didn\\u2019t matter, you know? But linking people to each other and to information did, he thought. \\u201cThe lesser educated version of myself said, \\u2018Fiber is the answer,\'" says Wyler. "\'I\\u2019ll run it everywhere.\\u2019\\u201d He didn\\u2019t run it everywhere, though he did run it quite a few places in Africa.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'