99% of HK internet traffic goes thru uni being fought over?

[woody at pch.net (Bill Woodcock)]

Thank you for the authoritative answer.   I think we can now consider the question closed. 
    
                -Bill


> On Nov 22, 2019, at 03:36, Che-Hoo CHENG <chcheng at ieee.org> wrote:
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> Some clarifications:
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> The 2 HKIX core sites (hosting the spine switches and the major leaf switches where most participants are connecting to) are located within CUHK campus.  There are only 2 leaf switches of HKIX which are located at TKO area.
> 
> CUHK Campus was heavily attacked by the Police before PolyU Campus was heavily attacked.  There was fear that the attack would affect HKIX which, although not really handling 99% of HK Internet traffic, does carry up to 1.4Tbps of Internet traffic at peak.
> 
> Che-Hoo
> no longer with HKIX
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 9:14 AM Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:
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>> > On Nov 20, 2019, at 1:41 PM, bzs at theworld.com wrote:
>> > Thanks everyone for the replies. My conclusion is that no one here
>> > knows whether HKIX handles 99% of internet traffic for HK or not.
>> 
>> Thatâ??s incorrect.  Iâ??m here, and I know that:
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>> 1) HKIX does not handle anywhere near 99% of Hong Kongâ??s Internet traffic.
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>> 2) Much of HKIX is in TKO anyway, rather than up at the CUHK campus.
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>> 3) CUHK isnâ??t the university where the protests are anyway, thatâ??s Hong Kong Polytechnic.
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>> 4) CUHK is way up in the New Territories. HK Polytechnic is in Tsim Sha Tsui.  TKO is way off in the east. These are all about as far apart as itâ??s possible to get in Hong Kong.
>> 
>>                                 -Bill
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