[New post] Review: BBC Review: Radio 4 Book of the Week – Tubes by Andrew Blum

Allan J. Smithie posted: "BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Tubes: Behind the Scenes at the Internet Written by Andrew Blum. In April 2011, a seventy-five year old woman deprived Armenia of its Internet access when she sliced through a buried cable with her garden spade. That Janua" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Everything Express Review: BBC Review: Radio 4 Book of the Week – Tubes by Andrew Blum by Allan J. Smithie BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Tubes: Behind the Scenes at the Internet Written by Andrew Blum. In April 2011, a seventy-five year old woman deprived Armenia of its Internet access when she sliced through a buried cable with her garden spade. That January, Egyptian authorities simply switched off 70% of the country's Internet connections in an attempt to quell a revolution. In 2009, a squirrel chewed through a wire in Andrew Blum's backyard, slowing his broadband to a trickle and catapulting him on a quest to find out what this so-called 'Internet' actually is. This is the Internet as you've never seen it before. It's not a concept. It's not a culture. It's most certainly not a cloud. It's a mass of tubes. Read more of this post Allan J. Smithie | August 13, 2012 at 12:12 am | Tags: BBC, book, Internet, radio, review, web | Categories: Books, Culture, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/p1uj0o-25M Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://everythingexpress.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/review-bbc-review-radio-4-book-of-the-week-tubes-by-andrew-blum/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com