It's a bad movie. The true story is that a company (spread networks) spent many millions building a low latency fiber path between chicago and nyc. Two guys bu

It's a bad movie. The true story is that a company (spread networks) spent many millions building a low latency fiber path between chicago and nyc. Two guys built a lower latency radio network that connected a number of cell towers together and were the first to market rendering that cable obsolete. Within months other people had radio networks up to try to compete (to give an idea about how competitive that space is).