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> > 1) In case if INTERNET split into US and EUrope parts withouth interconnection, > > no too many in USA will notice it, but INTERNET in Europe will die > > (moreover, computer's world will die too). > > Don't you believe it. Over the last year we have seen a steady downward It was a joke, but unfortunately thete is the piece of the truth in it. > drift in the percentage of our traffic which goes to the US -- a 20% > change over the last year, I think. May be, but I have the other examples (there, in Russia, and in some european ISP) - the traffic _from USA is about 200% of the traffic _to USA. > > This explains why we (EUrope) pay for the inter-ocean links. It's reality. > No, it's inertia more than anything else. It the dreams only while... > > Then it's became unlimited loop - IP in USA cost less because EUrope pay for it; > > that's why interesting services tends to locate in USA, that's why Europe > > have to pay for the links, that's why new servers are allocated in USA > > where the cost of Internet is less, and so on... -:) > > If you look at the commercial realities, most UK companies putting up > Web sites are looking for customers in the UK. We are seeing more and > more companies who are actually looking for customers in their own > region: Bristol companies looking for Bristol customers, not UK > customers, certainly not American customers. This is the way that we > see the Net evolving: more and more traffic will be local. Yes, there we have about 2:1 ratio of Local and International traffics, including _news_ etc. But - what do you search in the WWW network? Weather - local is in your network, world - in USA. CNN - go to USA. CIO (Cisco) Online - USA. And so on... May be UK is some exception due to English language, I do not know. > I think that you are talking more about Eastern Europe, which is several > years behind. You are right - everithing discussed there is actual for Eastern Europe more than for you. > > -- > Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 > http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684 > > --- Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 239-10-10, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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