Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

by Andrew Blum

expansion of Internet and, 50

  fiber optic connections to, 26

  history of Internet and, 50

  structure of Internet and, 27

  Western Union, 172–73

  Westesson, Par, 159–62, 189

  Westnet, 53

  White, E. B., 70

  WikiLeaks, 149

  Wired.com, 106

  Witteman, Job, 131–33, 134, 135, 145, 150, 154–56, 157

  World War II, 12, 39, 204–5

  Worldcom, 84

  Wu, Tim, 54

  Xbox games, 233

  XEROX, 52

  Xlink, 138

  Yahoo, 57, 79, 120, 235, 250

  Yellowstone Regional Internet Exchange (YRIX), 111

  Young, Nolan, 235–36, 237, 238, 241, 242, 244, 253

  YouTube, 30, 79, 108, 119, 122, 200, 240

  Zuckerberg, Mark, 70, 267

  About the Author

  ANDREW BLUM writes about architecture, infrastructure, and technology for many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, BloombergBusinessweek, Slate, and Popular Science. He is a correspondent for Wired, a contributing editor to Metropolis, and lives in his hometown of New York City.

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  Credits

  Cover design by Allison Saltzman

  Copyright

  TUBES. Copyright © 2012 by Andrew Blum. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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