Sam 'Half As Interesting' Denby actually did a surprisingly good job explaining
this for the average only-vaguely-technical viewer...
How Pakistan Broke YouTube Globally for Two Hours - YouTube
[ For all the bad dad jokes he tells on HAI, he's got really good research
skills/staff, and his long-form stuff on Wendover Productions is excellent ]
Cheers,
-- jra
Indeed, with the exception of getting the expansion of BGP incorrect, he’s simplified it and explained it in a way that the average viewer can understand… He’s really good at that, and has done a great job with this!
Matthew Walster
He sure is. I did point up the definition bobble in a comment.
Cheers,
-- jra
Very well done , especially for a layman. His snark level is excellent too.
I’ve definitely shared this around to some people, pointing out that he seems to know BGP better than they do, and they get paid for it. MY snark is going over about as good as you might expect. 
If one follows the social media accounts of the Pakistan version of the FCC, nowadays they’re just banning anything they find insulting or illegal in the local legal system, and ordering ISPs to null route big chunks of IP space.
As an anecdotal data point, the only effect this has had is teaching random 14 year olds how to use ordinary consumer grade VPNs, which work just fine.
That's a silver lining in the dark cloud. They're learning networking; sort of.
scott
As an anecdotal data point, the only effect this has had is teaching random 14 year olds how to use ordinary consumer grade VPNs, which work just fine.
Or, perhaps some kid watched that and said “Oh that’s cool, I want to know more about how that works!” , and planted a seed for a future career.
(More likely they went back to Fortnite videos, but one can dream, right?)
One way or the other, you can't keep the kids from what they want :-).
Mark.