1 Dec
2008
1 Dec
'08
6:47 p.m.
Despite the huge amount of "content which transcends the language barrier" [tip of the hat wbn], it is worth noting that there is a non-trivial amount of language-/culture-specific traffic that doesn't need or want to traverse globally (viz massive IXes & large xTTH deplyoments in otherwise 'small' countries). Sometimes that maps near to the political boundaries.
<http://archive.psg.com/970210.nanog.pdf> slide 6 of course, these data are a bit long in the tooth randy