Tpower: … Fairchilds note about "they will have no choice but to adopt" triggered a thought about a best seller I read last year ...Michael Lewis best seller. "Flash Boys". In Stealth mode a New company "Spread Networks" recognized a new mental model that a straight fiber optics land line could get the orders filled mil-seconds faster than others using the conventional lines between Chicago and New Jersey …

This is fascinating, Tpower! Googling for "Flash Boys" and "Spread Networks" I discovered that this book is not a fictional one, but written after a real story.

It shows that building a 827 miles (1331 kilometers) fiber cable line from Chicago to New York for $300 million was not only possible in stealth mode, but that secrecy was an absolute necessity in order to be successful and keep out competitors.

Yes, many parallels to POET Technologies indeed!