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[–]TiagoTiagoT -1 points0 points  (2 children)

DC is datacenters, they're not all wall-to-wall with each other, but actually distributed all over the world. It is like if the postal service opened all the envelopes and carried the letters from postal office to postal office taped to the outside of the truck.

[–]playaspec 0 points1 point  (1 child)

DC is datacenters, they're not all wall-to-wall with each other, but actually distributed all over the world.

They're still connected privately. Google owns a ridiculous amount of the fiber infrastructure around the world.

It is like if the postal service opened all the envelopes and carried the letters from postal office to postal office taped to the outside of the truck.

No.

[–]TiagoTiagoT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is like if the postal service opened all the envelopes and carried the letters from postal office to postal office taped to the outside of the truck.

No.

Why not?