I have a degree in computer science and a couple decades of experience with software development for, and deployment on, the internet. I think the metaphor of

I have a degree in computer science and a couple decades of experience with software development for, and deployment on, the internet. I think the metaphor of comparing internet bandwidth to pipes/tubes carrying water is perfectly apt. It seems like a very simple, direct and effective way to describe issues of bandwidth, connectivity, congestion and overall infrastructure. I've never quite understood why we all pretended like that was a bad analogy. I guess just because it came out of the mouth of an old, white Republican.