The analogy of a series of tubes isn't exactly wrong. The amount of data that every connection can transfer is limited.

The issue that he was talking about with Netflix actually caused one of the major talking points with net neutrality.

Netflix was transferring a ton of data through their connection with their ISP, more than most of the others, because of the nature of streaming, and Comcast ended up having a major bottleneck in the connection between Netflix's provider and them. All of their customers were paying for a certain speed of connection, and yet they weren't really getting it because their connection through to Netflix couldn't handle the amount of traffic.

Of course, there are people that believe that Comcast was artificially slowing them down as well, to get them to pay up to help upgrade a system that Comcast was actually responsible for. There's even a bit of data that might back that up.

But it worked. Netflix paid Comcast to get them to upgrade their connection between Comcast and Netflix's ISP, because Netflix was the primary cause of the bottleneck. As a result, Netflix's customers were able to watch Netflix on Comcast without issue.

Perhaps the next step from complaining about these commercial enterprises making so much money thanks to the internet, and causing the "pipes" to fill, would be a tax on them to perhaps ensure we all have free internet, or at least a bit faster more robust.

But, other than the stammering and stuttering, and the fact that his analogy of a "series of tubes" is kinda funny, it's not actually that bad. When comparing it to most people's understanding of the various networks and internetworks that make up what is the internet, and allow the world wide web that is constructed upon it, it isn't that bad.

Someone from way back in the day might make another analogy about how the old telephone networks worked with giant switchboards and operators. Now the switches are all automated...but there are still very real limits. Eventually then lines get full and the operators overwhelmed, which is what he was talking about kind of.

And if people are making massive profits while causing all those lines to be busy, maybe it's not so crazy to talk about them giving a bit back to build some extra lines.