# Just where is the internet located? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593 "2013-04-13T12:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/1 "2013-04-13T12:35:20Z")
When you stop to think about it, how do you visualize the location of the internet? Anonymous poll on the way. Discussion encouraged. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/2 "2013-04-13T12:41:00Z")
It’s really just a world-wide collection of interconnected servers, no? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/3 "2013-04-13T13:03:26Z")
My parents always told me it was in the South Pole. And now you’re telling me that isn’t true? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/4 "2013-04-13T13:13:48Z")
Yes Virginia, there is an internet. It exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they about and give your life its highest beautiy and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Internet. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. And no porn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/5 "2013-04-13T14:29:21Z")
Internet. **Inter** national **Net** work. That’s how I visualise it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/6 "2013-04-13T14:38:34Z")
“Down there”, since when I visualize it, it’s as a network of glowing lines across the Earth seen from space. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/7 "2013-04-13T14:57:25Z")
I voted for “in there,” since I first picture the Internet as being inside my computer (even though I know that’s not exactly accurate). ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/8 "2013-04-13T15:06:25Z")
I do know that it’s not a big truck! It’s a series of tubes! ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/9 "2013-04-13T15:43:51Z")
My dick ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/10 "2013-04-13T15:47:17Z")
> [@ethelbert](#): > > My dick And yet “somewhere specific (explain)” still has 0 votes. So is your dick all around??? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-where-is-the-internet-located/655593/11 "2013-04-13T16:14:12Z")
Since it’s a series of tubes, it’s probably underground, maybe down in the sewers.