Re: Internet Backbone Index

[Robert Laughlin <robert () portal dx net>]

In response to the *smart* comments (not repeated here), the percentages
given are of external traffic only.  The 2% not accounted for is due to
rounding down the results. I suppose I can do it to more decimal places if
you really want it.  Also we do retain lots of our own traffic, but I felt
it was irrevalent for the purposes of this discussion, so retained traffic
was not included in the calculations.

Best Regards,
Robert Laughlin

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> > DataXchange purchases transit from uunet, mci & sprint.  But we also
> > aggressively try to peer with those who wish to peer.  Gary, you are wrong
> > to say that 90% of traffic is for uunet, mci or sprint.  I have the
> > statistics on my own network to prove this.  Typically we see a breakdown
> > like this:  
> >
> > MCI                       22%
> > Sprint                     7% 
> > UUNET                     21% 
> > all other (via peering)   48%
> >
> > In our opinion since only 52% of the traffic has its best routing thru
> > uunet, sprint & mci, bi-lateral peering is definately worthwhile.