You Don't Buy the Internet
When you switch broadband provider, nothing physical changes. Same cable, same cabinet, same exchange. You just changed who sends you the bill.
A suggested reading trail
Beneath the surface
Three investigations into the infrastructure you use without seeing.
Your Signal Was Auctioned
The UK government made £22.5 billion selling thin air — then the operators couldn't afford to build the network.
Two Cables Hold the Atlantic
Nearly three quarters of Britain's potential direct transatlantic capacity sits in two cables landing at Bude. The British state owns neither and cannot command a sovereign repair ship.