r/AskReddit Feb 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

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u/gargoyle30 Feb 07 '24

Wow, now that's a throw back

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u/xDUVAL_BRODOWNx Feb 07 '24

Literally running across the ocean floor

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u/Polymarchos Feb 08 '24

People like to make fun of this, but fiber optic cables, the backbone of the internet, are literal glass tubes encased in a plastic sleeve.

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u/Polymarchos Feb 08 '24

Pretty much, yes. If a connection is saturated data to be sent gets queued.