[Publib] Re: The Internet is a series of tubes

[Joe Schallan]

The Senator is an intelligent man, and knows
that "bandwidth" refers to the size of the straps
used to hold the tubes together.

He also fully understands that clogs can
occur in the tubes, in which case, one must
use a router to clear them out.  He knows that
data is launched into the tubes much as
a golf ball is struck.  The point of data launch
is tee one, and for net neutrality to work,
those with the most money should have
first crack at the tee, also just as in golf.
This sort of knowledge is instinctual among
Republicans.

Data is delivered to people on the net by
young men and women, usually college
students, called servers.  They all work
in large, rural compounds in Iowa and
Wisconsin called server farms, so we
never see them.

Once in a while the tubes will break,
allowing all the data to gush out.  You can
then surf on this.

-- Joe Schallan
   Phoenix
   ("No man's life, liberty, property, or net
   access is safe while the legislature is in session."
   -- apologies to Samuel Clemens)