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Internet diameter?
- Subject: Internet diameter?
- From: andy at andyring.com (Andy Ringsmuth)
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:17:28 -0600
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> On Nov 21, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:
>
> I'd argue that's just content (though admittedly a lot of it). You can't cache, e.g., a SIP trunk, and offices which need to connect to each other can't cache one another in a CDN either.
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 10:29 PM Aaron1 <aaron1 at gvtc.com wrote:
> Considering 40% of the â??internetâ?? is sitting in my backyard in cdn caching, Iâ??d say the perceived diameter for that content is.... 3 or 4 hops. ;)
>
> ...but something tells me that isnâ??t they response you were seeking...
>
> ... but seriously it is interesting that with local caching that much of the Internet is now sitting local in the subscriberâ??s ISP.
>
> Aaron
>
>> On Nov 21, 2018, at 4:55 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Does anybody have more or less recent data on the average, median and
>> maximum diameter (ip hop count) of the Internet? My google fu is
>> failing me: I've only found stuff from the '90s.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill Herrin
>>
Obligatory XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/908/
-Andy