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NY ranks #1 in Internet b/w

  • From: Hank Nussbacher
  • Date: Wed Oct 31 02:45:31 2001

Perhaps Sept 11 was no coincidence and perhaps they knew of these numbers as well. -Hank

http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=45236&pub=tt&categoryid=626

New York is the Internet capital - TeleGeography
By Total Telecom staff

30 October 2001

New York is the world's Internet capital in terms of bandwidth connectivity, according to Washington DC-based research group TeleGeography Inc.

With almost 150 Gbps of region-to-region bandwidth connectivity, the Big Apple is hooked up to more than two-thirds of all interregional Internet capacity worldwide. London comes a long way second, with just over 85 Gbps.

According to the TeleGeography report, Packet Geography 2002, New York has direct connections into 71 other countries, 10 more than London.

The report ranks global Internet cities according to their roles as "interregional hub cities," measuring how much Internet capacity links them to other world regions. After NY and London, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco complete the Internet global city top five.

In all, five of the top 10 cities are in the U.S., four are in Europe, and one, Tokyo, is in Asia. Although Europe and Asia each have major hub locations, most Internet traffic between Asia and Europe still traverses U.S. coast-to-coast routes. Indeed, according to the report, 13 of the top 25 companies providing international Internet connections in the U.S. are based outside of North America.

The Top 10 in full is:

1. New York (149,989.5 Mbps of Internet bandwidth)
2. London (85,518.7 Mbps)
3. Amsterdam (24,479.6 Mbps)
4. Paris (22,551.8 Mbps)
5. San Francisco (20,813.6 Mbps)
6. Tokyo (16,745.5 Mbps)
7. Washington DC (13,261.2 Mbps)
8. Miami (11,912.4 Mbps)
9. Los Angeles (11,227.0 Mbps)
10. Copenhagen (10,417.0 Mbps)
Note: Figures represent Internet bandwidth connected across international borders to Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas or equivalents. Domestic routes are omitted. Data as of mid-2001.

This report can be purchased through Total Telecom's 'Reports and Research' resource. Click here for more details.