The Company that Broke Canada
What it is
BobbyBroccoli documentary on the rise of Nortel Networks, once the dominant Canadian telecom giant, during the dot-com era. It is part one of a two-part story.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a well-made documentary explaining Nortel's rise and the index-fund and bubble dynamics around it.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2024, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“BobbyBroccoli on YouTube does an absolutely phenomenal job creating documentaries.”
Phenomenal documentary on Nortel's dot-com era story
orc00, 2025-03 · Strong recommendation · in “When the Dotcom Bubble Burst”
“I found this to be a very entertaining retelling of events from Nortel's persepective”
Entertaining retelling of events from Nortel's perspective
month13, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Anthropic raises $13B Series F”
“you can watch this Bobbybroccoli video that explains it very well”
Explains how index funds inflated Nortel's rise
kmeisthax, 2026-03 · Recommendation · in “Nasdaq's Shame”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: nortel, dot-com bubble, canada, telecom, corporate history
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