What is the INTERNET? It’s not as obvious as it might seem (as former Senator Ted Steven’s attempt to describe it attests). Flying from website to website, it’s easy to forget that there is a physical component to the Internet.
Wired published this article about two months ago. (For the record I type my articles up very much in advance and schedule them to appear. I’m ahead of schedule, which is why my articles are always referencing old news.) Sadly, there are only a few images, but it gives a brief cross-section of the infrastructure behind our virtual existence.
