Sound familiar? It’s the world we track here every day at Data Center Knowledge. Journalists’ forays into this world aren’t always successful. The good news: With Tubes, Blum has put together an engaging book that takes readers on an intelligent and informed journey inside the key places that tie the Internet together. He explores sites like PAIX in Palo Alto, the Equinix hub in Ashburn, 111 8th Avenue in New York, and key Internet exchanges in Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Blum has taken the time to understand Internet infrastructure and get to know many of the key people who built and maintain the network.