[165044] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How big is the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Fri Aug 16 00:55:55 2013
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:55:25 -0700
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: surfer@mauigateway.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Ok, I'll put on my flame-proof undies, have some fun
and bite at this one...
--- sean@donelan.com wrote:
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
:: It seems odd that there are relatively good estimates
:: for other communication networks and utilities; i.e.
:: how big is the PSTN
:: how many television or radio stations,
:: how much freight is carried by railroads, trucks and ships.
centralized control
:: But asking how big is the Internet [...] What so special
:: about the Internet that it can't be measured?
Not controlled by small groups of people in positions of power.
Thus innovation flourishes. Yay! :-)
scott
