He imagined the data as a tiny car traveling down a flooded dirt road. Every packet was a splashing struggle. The CANTV speed test was the roadside observer, coldly recording each pothole and landslide.
Just as he unplugged the ethernet cable from his laptop, his phone buzzed. A message from his neighbor, Doña Elena, on the building's WhatsApp group: cantv test de velocidad
But not tonight. Tonight, the ghost was winning. He imagined the data as a tiny car