Topic 1.1 What is the Internet?

Before this week the internet just was. I have never thought about where it comes from, the router or even the service provider. It just is, a part of my life that gets no consideration yet without it I am lost. This week we are looking at that exact question...

What is the internet?

Our course notes describe this as

The Internet is, in essence, merely a big computer network

I have learn t this week that the internet does not just exist for me and that there is so much going on behind it. Networking (I did know about about) due to the large numbers of calls I have made to iinet trying to get my service working. Packet routing was a surprise how many hops it takes to get anywhere online. It made me think about what happens when I search online, which is why I posted on the discussion board;

"I agree I cant even remember my pin numbers for bank cards half of the time. I was asking my husband and mum if they knew what packet routing was and they didn't. I admit neither did I a few weeks ago. It's amazing how many of us, including myself just get on a computer and internet and just use it with no thoughts of what is actually going on every time you click".