Tubes
by Andrew Blum
A journalist visits the physical internet: cables, exchanges, data centers, landing stations. Makes the cloud tangible.
Read it if…
you want to know where the internet actually is.
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Skip it if…
you want digital culture.
Try instead: Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life →
Three things you will actually use
- The internet is physical.
- Infrastructure is invisible until it fails.
- Know the plumbing.
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Read the chapter on the undersea cable landing.
Our verdict
The physical internet.
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