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Re: How big is the Internet?


From: Wayne Wenthin <wayne.wenthin () cascadetech org>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:42:39 -0700

According to The IT Crowd...

http://vinipsmaker.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/the_internet_it_crowd.gif

That big.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:


Researchers have complained for years about the lack of good
statistics about the internet for a couple fo decades, since the
end of NSFNET statistics.

What are the current estimates about the size of the Internet, all IP
networks including managed IP and private IP, and all telecommunications
including analog voice, video, sensor data, etc?

CAIDA, ITU, Telegeography and some vendors like Cisco have released
forecasts and estimates.  There are occasional pieces of information
stated by companies in their investor documents (SEC 10-K, etc).





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