Yeah, well that’s like taking my info off my library card instead of all my credit cards.
A “backbone”, only one? NREN has it;s own backbone, as do many huge companies & organizations. There are several. What is the internet backbone?
If you haven’t tried it, get “Open Visual Traceroute” (free without stalkers) It is a fancy visual 3d Tracert.
I put puri in it and…
The route took me from my place in central BC, to “Unknown” in Toronto, to another Unknown in Toronto, back across Canada to Victoria, and bounced around in Victoria 3 times then snuck cross border to Sunnyvale Cal., back to Toronto, and bounced around there 6 times, and landed in Santa Clara Cal. where it ends.
Have you heard anything on the ETA of the LapDock? 
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