The Internet Metrics post in December was a good starting point for my research on backbone traffic, but I'm struggling to get more specific information. Specifically, I am trying to find out the market share for the major backbone providers (so far I've found WorldCom 37% and Sprint 16% of traffic). ... Interdiciplinary Telecommunications Program, CU Boulder
i submit that your metrics are subject to serious question. while we expect little of boarwatch, i would hope academics would be a bit more responsible. e.g. how do you assign the traffic share of the traffic going to a smallish network which is multi-homed behind sprint, uunet, and which is also appears at mae-west? hint: if you look from a uunet or sprint perspective, then you assign it to uunet or sprint depending on perspective. but if you also peer openly at mae-west, then you don't assign it to either. so how about some prudent or accurate, as opposed to merely fast, ideas? randy