Tubes

A Journey to the Center of the Internet

Paperback, 304 pages

Published May 28, 2013 by Ecco.

ISBN:
978-0-06-199495-1
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3 stars (1 review)

A travel book exploring the physical places and connections of the infrastructure of the Internet. Along the way, he explores data warehouses, meets some of the historical figures in the creation of the Internet and the people who keep everything humming along so we can get on with our virtual lives.

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3 stars

A travelogue of the physical connections (and data centers) that make up today's internet, along with a bit of history on how it came to be. The evocative writing is quite good, some rambling less so - all tolled this is a decent book. It helps that halfway through I listened to Jason Taylor talk all about the data center that I would read about in the last chapter. Some pictures, maps or illustrations might have helped.