Elly, nasty enby :heart_pan:Ignorance of how the Internet actually works is widespread. A lot of people (leftists, but even normal people) think it's just this magical thing you just shove packets into and you get packets back. This is not how it works at all. It is mostly made up of quid pro quo deals, whether it be roughly equal exchanges of traffic (peering), or you pay for it (transit).
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