# The Internet - AVC

<https://avc.com/2020/04/the-internet/>

- Host: [avc.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/avc.com/)
- Saved: April 9, 2020 (2020-04-10T01:57:24Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c5b1c08db04c/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c5b1c08db04c.json

## What Jamie wrote

Great reflection on how the Internet has scaled as we have pushed so much online with the Coronavirus lock down.

> And the answer, of course, is that Zoom doesn’t have to provide all of the bandwidth for their service. We all do.
> 
> Netflix doesn’t have to provide all of the bandwidth for their service. We all do.
> 
> The decentralized architecture of the internet is showing itself off right now. And it is a beautiful thing to behold.

I would like to think that this will be remembered the next time that we have challenging conversations about [Net neutrality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality). What we are seeing here is the result of adherence to that approach.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT143: Weekly Thing #143 / Archetypes, Wear a Mask, Zoom](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/143/), Recommended Links

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