Wolfy did a lot of work on this short including calling distributors, competitors, doctors, and sales people. He talked about how bandwidth is the ultimate power to communicate in the 21st century. In the past, the T1 network was used extensively but it does not work well for large intranets because then you need routers and switchers. The 1996 Telecommunications Act put severe limitations on the RBOC's. This opened the door for a private company like GBLX and its CEO, Mr. Annuziata, which lays underground fiberoptic cables.
Copper has limits on speed but optical fiber can give much higher speeds for data and voice.
The company has a huge fleet of ships which constructed this underground network. The company is one of the most active in acquisitions. These acquisitions are easier to accomplish in a less-regulated area like Bermuda where their headquarters are. In fact, they acquired much of their fleet in their merger in July with Global Marine. This fleet is now firmly in the hands of Global Crossing as opposed to one of its competitors.