"The only bottleneck is with this site. Have you considered not posting on this topic if you have nothing to offer? I am 50 years old. I have been working on computers since the 1980s. I webmaster two sites and administrate others. I kind of have a handle on how this computer thing works."

Nothing to offer? Apparently you didn't understand my explanation. Why do you think your situation does not apply?

Working on computers and understanding the internet backbone, routing and exchange points, network access, and service provider issues (just to name a few) are very different experiences. Do you have experience in the latter?