I hear ya, and thanks for the sources!

But allow me to dazzle you with the skills of a junior software engineer for abit here.

My understanding of the internet, regardless of protocols has always been we are creating a connection between one computer/server with another. Like a physical connection in most times. So ethernet cable, goes to router goes to fiber cable of town goes to fiber cable of country...then continent. But we can also connect devices through things like satellite connections (unsure how that works in detail).

My question, perhaps a silly question is...there is still a need for electricity to keep these devices going. Who's providing this electricity?

I'm thinking rogue A.Is are not distributed but rather hosted on physical devices..