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earthshine

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8. Whenever a connection is established across the net, it goes through numerous servers and relays.

Reply to Kali (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 2, 2017, 06:30 PM

Jul 2017

The exact path is determined at the time of connection based on up-to-the-millisecond traffic loads, and as such, is never the same twice.

Sen. Stevens was a total jerk, but "tubes" is not a terribly inaccurate metaphor. Concepts such as bandwidth, throughput, and load balancing apply.

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They're streaming from the same physical connection in your home, but ... earthshine Jul 2017 #1

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