Series of Tubes
October 02, 2006

So, as I was driving to work this morning on the series of tubes we call a traffic system... I got to imagining my car as a little packet traveling along the internet. Yes, network theory has pervaded my life.

I also got to wondering... why is Ted Stevens wrong about the internet being a series of tubes? Each segment of the network can easily be likened to a tube... much as it is physical copper carrying an electric current whose model is very much like that of the flow of water through a pipe. These "tubes" connect to routers that then send the packets on their merry little way. Now, the routers may honor Quality of Service or Type of Service entries... they may find more efficient routes and what not for the packet to travel over... but in the end, the packet is traveling through "tubes" with fancy routing pumps attached throughout.

Thoughts?

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