Five years ago this week… AT&T floated the idea that US powerlines could be used to deliver multiple Gbps, using a plastic antenna fed by NFV (network function virtualization) components in the cloud. Dubbed Project AirGig, the idea caught a lot of attention by promising a solution for cheap 5G backhaul. But Faultline was unconvinced that the unpredictability of US power – both as a utility and a highly fragmented industry – would be a safe base for AT&T to build this project. The last anyone heard of AirGig was in 2018, when AT&T teased of a 2021 launch. We won’t be holding our breath. — Canal+ is taking a 70% landgrab in media company SPI International, which serves up…