Internet diameter?

Thu Nov 22 04:17:28 UTC 2018

> On Nov 21, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:
> 
> I'd argue that's just content (though admittedly a lot of it). You can't cache, e.g., a SIP trunk, and offices which need to connect to each other can't cache one another in a CDN either.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 10:29 PM Aaron1 <aaron1 at gvtc.com wrote:
> Considering 40% of the “internet” is sitting in my backyard in cdn caching, I’d say the perceived diameter for that content is.... 3 or 4 hops.  ;)
> 
> ...but something tells me that isn’t they response you were seeking... 
> 
> ... but seriously it is interesting that with local caching that much of the Internet is now sitting local in the subscriber’s ISP.
> 
> Aaron
> 
>> On Nov 21, 2018, at 4:55 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> Does anybody have more or less recent data on the average, median and
>> maximum diameter (ip hop count) of the Internet? My google fu is
>> failing me: I've only found stuff from the '90s.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bill Herrin
>> 

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-Andy