Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160117163823/@comment-25396609-20160122044301

Do you not know how the internet works?

Signals are relayed via satelites, any given ISP is renting connection time on those satelites and have massive receiver and transmission dishes of their own scattered around. While a vast majority of data is stored planetside in servers, it almost all goes through satellite systems at one point or another.