Mike, You might be able to glean some interesting pictures from:
http://www.reddit.com/r/cableporn http://www.reddit.com/r/datacenter http://www.flickr.com/groups/cableporn/ * That's actual cables and racks and such, not cinemax late night video =) --chip On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have been given the opportunity to teach the mechanics of the > Internet to a group of 6 - 12'th grade students, and as an engineer and > owner of an ISP I have it in mind to really get into this and show these > kids how, really, all this stuff works and to make it fun and exciting. I > can't take them on a tour of an ATT central office to show off one of my > DSLAMs for example, nor can I really show them what a colocation or IX looks > like since they are too far away to drive. I was hoping any of you would be > kind enough to provide pictures of these types of environments, especially > rack mounted switch/router hardware, fiber optic cabling short and long > haul, international undersea cable anchor points, or anything else that > would make for a good slide presentation in this context. These kids are in > a very rural community where marijuana is the main source of income > (followed by meth), and have little access to adults doing this type of > stuff in the real world. My focus will also include introducing these kids > to the concept of having something better such as a career in information > technology and talking about ways they themselves might get involved and on > track that way, so these photographs would be extremely helpful to light > their young minds and get them thinking about their futures. > > Thank you all. > > Mike- > > -- Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....
