The Internet Really is a Series of Tubes

Google data center

“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.” – Andrew Tanenbaum, Computer Networks

The version of that quote that I remember involves a 747 full of Compact Discs, but the idea is same. In any case Detroit Steve sent me a good story about how that data being transported on the internet actually gets around:

When Movies Fly: How Your Modern Internet Experience is Made Possible by Airplanes by Dan Wang

Update January 2019 replaced missing picture, purged excess html, rearranged text.