Ask NH: How would you describe Internet to someone from 19th century?

Some ideas:

1. "It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material."

2. Super fast postman that deliver your mail instantly (Probably applies more to e-mail)... Still...