when the [europeans] finally were able to buy their first legal [iphone], the [internet] was too busy backboning their activations [traffic] for me to [google] at work today
exchanging, peering, carrying or otherwise handling large quantities of data traffic on your [isp] company's equipment, bound for [network] or [computer] systems other than your own
"when the [europeans] finally were able to buy their first legal [iphone], the [internet] was too busy backboning their activations [traffic] for me to [google] at work today" What is the definition of "backboning"?