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farglebargle -> RE: Net gridlock by 2010 study warns (11/21/2007 1:31:44 PM)
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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord
Gah, I still want to know! My curiousity's unsatisfied.
Back from the whole NSA-spying-on-everything thing, when I stopped to consider the logistics to consider how plausible it might be, I wondered what the net's communication load is like. Just how much information are we sending around this world every second? Where does one even find such data? Does it even exist?
*Grumble.* While I'm still upset about the NSA spying, this point's really getting irking me; I just haven't been able to find the statistic. So.. anyone know or know how to find what the net usage is? In the US, around the world, in a particular state.. I'm not picky.
Further, I wonder how much of our net pipeline usage could be toned down with more efficient systems? I wonder how much encryption increases traffic need of the same data? I wonder what traffic's split up like.. how much of it's text, how much is just a ton of video, how much are pictures, even the logos on pages..
..where does one find this stuff?
As of 2007, the internet core link speed is 10 Gbit/s, with a few links at 40 Gbit/s.
( Google is working on their own router hardware reportedly built around 10GbE. )
They're arranged roughly like this:
http://www.caida.org/analysis/topology/as_core_network/pics/ascoreApr2005.png
( An optical splitter on any link ( or a mirrored GigE port ) will capture data at "wire speeds" -- You can see the advantage of tapping the "core routers".
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