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Re: How big is the Internet?
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:18:31 -0500
On 8/15/2013 9:05 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:Once you define what you mean by "how bit is the Internet", I'll be happy to spout off about how big it is. :)Arbitrary definition time: A Internet host is one that can send and receive packets directly with at least one far end device addressed out of RIR managed IPv4 or IPv6 space. That means behind a NAT counts, behind a firewall counts, but a true private network (two PC's into an L2 switch with no other connections) does not, even if they use IP protocols. Note that devices behind a pure L3 proxy do not count, but the L3 proxy itself counts.
Isn't that like excluding city streets from the "How many miles of roads?" question--likely to be the bigger fraction of the whole-as-a-traveler-sees-it?
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Current thread:
- Re: How big is the Internet?, (continued)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Jorge Amodio (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Leo Bicknell (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Warren Bailey (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Warren Bailey (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Jay Ashworth (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Jay Ashworth (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Jay Ashworth (Aug 15)
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- Re: How big is the Internet? Larry Sheldon (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Joe Abley (Aug 15)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Dave Sparro (Aug 15)
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- Re: How big is the Internet? Larry Sheldon (Aug 14)
- RE: How big is the Internet? Ian Smith (Aug 14)
- Re: How big is the Internet? Miles Fidelman (Aug 15)