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The Internet Road

Indulging a whimsy while drinking coffee in the sunshine this morning.

The random music playlist started playing Telegraph Road from Dire Straits today and my mind latched onto this section

[open.spotify.com/track/6TS...](https://open.spotify.com/track/6TSP9oSbXONHk39GHvOSs3?si=iXp14Cz4TXm6THMOHbuS6A)

And the dirty old track was the telegraph road
Then came the mines - then came the ore
Then there was the hard times then there was a war
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Telegraph road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river. ..

Just for a moment, the metaphor that the telegraph brought the burdens of civilisation with it became linked to internet :

And the slow modem track became the internet road
Then came the pictures - and so much more
Then there was the boom times then there was a war
Internet sang a song about the world outside
Internet road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river. ..