Every time you click a link or stream a video, it feels like magic. Information appears instantly, as if summoned from a mysterious "cloud." But the reality is a globe-spanning physical journey of incredible complexity. This episode demystifies the internet, following a single piece of data from a server on another continent, through thousands of miles of undersea fiber-optic cables, across massive digital interchanges, and down the final wire into your home. Discover the amazing story of how the internet is built, how it organizes data into "digital postcards," and how your modem and router perform the final, crucial steps to bring the online world to your screen.

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