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The Accidental Network

8 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

How a stubborn engineer turned TV cables into the backbone of the internet, defying telecom giants and building the accidental network that changed the world.

You’ll learn

  • Innovation often comes from stubborn persistence
  • Turning one-way TV cables into two-way data
  • How DOCSIS standardized the broadband revolution
  • The messy human side of tech breakthroughs