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Fiber optic cables

Fiber optic cables form a dense around a technician.

Credit: Peter Garritano

There is no shortage of cool stuff to see on the Internet, but the Internet itself—the networks and servers and cables tying it all together—is pretty mundane. Peter Garritano discovered as much when he went behind the scenes at some of New York's big Internet hubs to see how it all works.

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