For most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What is the internet actually made of? And, how does it work? Answering that question involves discovering how internet cables are laid in the sea, if 5G is really the future, and how balloons in the stratosphere are helping people connect.
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Submarine Cable Map – https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Code, Charles Petzold – https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319
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Internet Cable Protection Committee Report – https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ICPC-sharks.pdf
Pew Internet Fact Sheet – https://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/
How Does The Internet Work? – https://web.stanford.edu/class/msande91si/www-spr04/readings/week1/InternetWhitepaper.htm
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Excellent video
14:11 Naaaao moça nao va para nevada, vai que aparece um palhaco verde segurando uma placa de trânsito e te mata? D:
0:09 That's what she said.
BR domina
Great vide9
Fascinante!
For the loon, does it land? What happens if it rains? Does it move back?
14:45 e eu achando que tava ruim aqui no Bostil
awesome video, love you cleo
When I was a kid, we had dialup phone landline service. This was from the late 1990s. I was 15 years old when internet launched. We had Service Electric back then. Now going on 12 years of using Xfinity service. Kids today don’t understand the feeling that I’ve had when connected with a phone line.
What do you mean by virtual connection before physical's stuff and is it futuristic change's for all human in the world?
5 mins in, and still not getting to the point. Value peoples' time please.
Thanks for the information.
Incrível ! Amei ! Parabéns pelo documentário !
Salve 2021
Indicação do curso em vídeo, meu querido professor Gustavo Guanabara.
i feel you should win the best youtube content creator .
thanks now i know how to delete the internet
1 DAY ELON MUSK WILL MAKE Satellites that will provide internet internationally and probably it will be cheaper then this wire one
I love how only now I understand that worldwide web is a meant in a literal sense…
How speed is 5g network?
you are so energetic. 🙂
Amazing explanation!
Love the internet and definitely appreciate the value it adds to people's lives but really concerned about the resources required for this. Such as plastic plants that are polluting bays for the balloons that the companies use to lift into the air. I know because I live in one and have to continually fight companies to stop building in the delicate ecosystems. I would love to know how we as a society can have the internet without such destructive measures to the natural world around us? Why do animals have to be harmed for our conveniences? Other humans matter but so do the wildlife that work symbiotically to keep our lives alive.
Ah, “Worldwide Web” makes more sense now.
The electron.
Who all these invented ?? ohh god there are really a super heroes ???
WAHNNSINN WIE LANGWEILIG, ist Alter Käse.
The way this video was filmed and directed is pretty cool.
Omg i understand it well
she is sooo beautiful…..
Very, very good.
I wanna work for Vox haha. Let me intern lol
She is so energetic, it helps to maintain interest.
This was my first GYA vid, and it has me feeling hooked! Such clever, clever storytelling! Not to mention the information itself – very informative and understandable. Thank you to all that made this content!
Awesome?
Amazing ??
A good and informative video for Beginners, Was taken aback when I saw the last Name "KOHLI" at 16:38…