Infographic: The Internet Really Is a Series of Tubes

Truth be told, the Internet is a physical thing, and our global commerce and telecommunications now depend on a series of cables–tubes, if you will–that run all across the floors of the world ... Read More

Ted Stevens vindicated: Internet really is made of tubes

A new book by Wired writer Andrew Blum has redeemed the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens's infamous description of the Internet as "a series of tubes." ... Read More

The Internet: A Series Of 'Tubes' (And Then Some) | NCPR News

What does the Internet look like? Journalist Andrew Blum decided to find out. His new book, <em>Tubes</em>, is a journey into the Internet's physical infrastructure — where our ... Read More

The internet IS a series of 'Tubes - Tech Bytes

By Peter Nowak, CBCNews.ca. U.S. Senator Ted Stevens took a lot of heat almost two years ago when he infamously referred to the internet as "a series of tubes" when trying to put the whole net ... Read More

The Internet IS a Series of Tubes: Real-Time Mapping of the London ...

Two of our favorite topics to geek out over here at ReadWriteWeb are the real-time Web and the Internet of Things. Today, we (like everyone else across the Internet, it seems) ran into a rather ... Read More

"Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet," by Andrew Blum

June 12, 2012 / 3:20 PM EDT / CBS News Jeff Glor talks to Andrew Blum about "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet." Jeff Glor ... Read More

Google Dissects Undersea Cable to Explain the Internet

The Internet really is a series of tubes. Skip to Main Content. Menu. #Top100BudgetBuys; #ConnectedTraveler; Best Products. The Best Laptops for 2025 ... I've appeared on CBS News, ... Read More

Sen. Ted Stevens: “The Internet is a Series of Tubes”

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sen. Ted Stevens as quoted on The Daily Show: “The Internet is not something ... Read More

Infographic Of The Day: The Internet Really Is A Series Of Tubes

But it turns out that the World Wide Web really is more like a series of tubes than anything else–at least when it comes to the problem of getting data packets across oceans. Read More

The internet really is a series of tubes

The internet runs, in vastly more ways than we realize or think about, through a series of garden-hose size tubes on the ocean floor. Without those tubes, the modern world sort of collapses. Read More