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BLUM JOINED JUST ON "THE COMMUNICATORS." >> I TRIED
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| 00:00:28 |
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TO MAKE OUR VIRTUAL WORLD AS TANGIBLE AS POSSIBLE. I FOUND OUT ONE OF THE MAJOR MAPS OF THE INTERNET I WAS LOOKING AT, IT WAS CALLED TELE GOEOGRAPHY....
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| 00:01:21 |
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A CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE INTERNET? >> THERE
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| 00:01:25 |
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IS. THERE IS NOT JUST ONE CENTER, BUT A DOZEN BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE BY FAR -- THEY ARE THE PLACES WHERE NOMORE THE WORKS OF THE INTERNET...
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| 00:03:47 |
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WIRES OF THE INTERNET, WHAT ARE THOSE WIRES MADE OF? >> THE
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| 00:03:56 |
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PREDOMINATELY CENTERS OF THE INTERNET, THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES ARE FIBER-OPTIC CABLES. THERE OFTEN YELLOW JUMPER CABLES. INSIDE OF THEM ARE STRANDS...
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| 00:04:42 |
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CABLES, IS THAT STATE OF THE ART? >>
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| 00:04:45 |
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THEY ARE. THE CABLE ITSELF IS A CLASS TWO. THE FLICKERING FLASHLIGHT ON ONE ANDEND, WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. EVERY FEW YEARS, THOSE SIGNALS ARE TRANSMITTING...
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| 00:05:28 |
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IS DEFINED WHAT A NETWORK IS AN DESCRIBE IT TO US. >>
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| 00:05:34 |
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SURE. THAT IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE INTERNET IS IN PHYSICAL TERMS. I NETWORK ON THE INTERNET IS KNOWN AS AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM. IT...
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| 00:07:13 |
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THAT MESSAGES OR WHATEVER IS BEING CARRYING ON THOSE NETWORKS COULD GET LOST? SUCH AS YOU TOOK THE WRONG OFFRAMP ON HIGHWAY QUESTION MARK. >>
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| 00:07:28 |
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CERTAINLY. AND ARE ENCODED WITH AN ADDRESS. SOMETIMES THOSE END UP IN THE WRONG PLACE. IT IS BASED ON TRUST. THE ROUTING SYSTEM IS BASED ON TRUST AND...
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| 00:08:40 |
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TALKING WITH ANDREW BLOM, AUTHOR OFUM, AUTHOR OF "TUBES." YOU DESCRIBED LEVEL 3 AS THE BACKBONE OF A COMPANY. >> THEY OPERATE
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| 00:08:59 |
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A GLOBAL NETWORK. MEANING THEY HAVE RIGHTS OR OWNED RIGHTS OF STRANDS OF GLASS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY OWN THE OPTICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ILLUMINATES THE...
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| 00:09:46 |
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IF SOMEBODY HERE IN WASHINGTON SENT AN E-MAIL TO SOMEBODY IN KENYA, HOW DOES THAT TRACK? >>
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| 00:09:56 |
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THAT IS INTERESTING. IF YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION TWO YEARS AGO, THE ANSWER WOULD BE DIFFERENT. ONLY RECENTLY NOW THAT KENYA HAS GOOD CONNECTION TO THE...
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| 00:11:30 |
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ARE THESE UNDERSEA CABLES THAT YOU REFERRED TO EARLIER? AND BY WHOM? >>
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THERE HAVE AN TELEGRAPH CABLES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FOR 150 YEARS NOW. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT, INDIVIDUAL STRANDS OR CABLE SYSTEMS, THERE ARE ABOUT...
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I GET A SIMILAR COMBINATION OF PLAYERS -- AGAIN, A SIMILAR COMBINATION OF PLAYERS. GOOGLE FUNDS A VAST GLOBAL NETWORK. THEY OPERATE ALMOST LIKE A TELECOM...
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| 00:14:39 |
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A LOT OF REDUNDANCY IN NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD? >>
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| 00:14:42 |
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INDEED. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH NETWORK ENGINEERS. THEY ARE A VERY CAUTIOUS AND EXTREMELY COMPETENT GROUP. THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THE MOST WITH THE LEAST,...
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| 00:15:50 |
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SACHS HAS THE ELECTRICITY AND POWER GOING ON WHEN THE REST OF MANHATTAN AND HUDSON STREET WAS DARK? DID 60 HUDSON GO DOWN AS WELL? WE EVEN HAD PROBLEMS...
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| 00:16:12 |
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LIKE EVERY MAJOR INTERNET BUILDING IN NEW YORK, WE SWITCHED OVER SUCCESSFULLY TO DIESEL POWER. THE WEEK BEFORE LAST, THE INTERNET IN NEW YORK RAN ON...
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| 00:17:31 |
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RELIABLE IS THE INTERNET ON SATELLITE
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| 00:17:32 |
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THESE DAYS? >> MINIMALLY. IT IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS THE LAST RESORT FOR THE INTERNET. IF THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF A PHYSICAL CONNECTION -- THERE ARE...
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HUDSON, L ONDON, ASHFORD, WHEN IT COMES TO CYBERSECURITY, WOULD THESE BE PRIME TARGETS? >> NO, I DO NOT THINK THEY
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WOULD BE. I TAKE CYBERSECURITY VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT I THINK THE FAR GREATER CONCERN IS A THREAT THROUGH THE NETWORK AND NOT THE PHYSICAL THREAT OF INFRASTRUCTURE...
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| 00:20:28 |
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NAMED YOUR BOOK "TUBES." WHERE DOES THAT NAME COME FROM? >> THE FAMOUS, AND 2006 --
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| 00:20:40 |
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W QUOTE UNSTRUNG 2006. -- COMES FROM 2006. THIS WAS THE HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE ON WASHINGTON'S PART. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SENATE HAD RESPONSIBLE FOR...
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| 00:21:35 |
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QUITE QUITE A FEW. THE PAPER MAP OF THE UNDERSEA CABLES, THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT ONLINE VERSION OF THAT MAP. THE INTERNET IS NOT HIDDEN. THESE MAJOR NODES...
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WASHINGTON AS SOMEBODY WHO FOLLOWS TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF WASHINGTON WHEN IT COMES TO POLICIES, TECH POLICIES? >> IT IS NOT SOMETHING...
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| 00:22:37 |
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HAVE COVERED VERY CLOSELY AT ALL. MY INTEREST RUNS MORE TO WITH THE WAY THE INTERNET SMELLS AND THE HISTORY OF IT RATHER THAN ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER. IT...
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| 00:23:57 |
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IN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE INTERNET, WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE CLOUD. HOW DOES THAT FIT IN? >> THE CLOUD IS ALL OF
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| 00:24:08 |
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IT. THE CLOUD IS A MARKETING TERM FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THE INTERNET AS A WHOLE CAN OFFER BUSINESS SERVICES. WITH THAT MEANS MORE SPECIFICALLY PERHAPS...
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| 00:25:15 |
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PAST HAVE OUR, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT GENERATORS AND ROOMS WITH AIR CONDITIONING. HOW GREEN IS THE INTERNET? >> THE INTERNET
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| 00:25:24 |
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IS SURPRISINGLY GREEN. THERE WAS A BIT OF A HAVEUB BUB A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THERE WAS A NEW YORK TIMES SERIES ON THE CLOUD AND THE ENORMOUS ENERGY...
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| 00:26:47 |
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COULD OR IF YOU HAVE AGGREGATED THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT PUT IN THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >>
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| 00:26:55 |
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IT IS NOT A NUMBER. I CAN'T SAY THAT -- I CAN SAY THAT INTERNET IS ROBUST BECAUSE THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE PUTTING INTO IT AND DURING...
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| 00:27:23 |
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OR TURNOFF CITY ABOUT THE INTERNET? -- HAVE YOU SATISFIED YOUR CURIOSITY ABOUT THE INTERNET? >> THESE WEEKS HAVE REMINDED
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| 00:27:34 |
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ME OF HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW INTERTWINED AND HOW FASCINATING THE WAY IN WHICH THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE CREATED HAS BUILT ITSELF UP IN CITIES AND...
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