This post is closely related to the previous one, except that here we discuss about Internet traffic not about bandwidth capacity. I found an interesting statement given by a REACH official:"In 1998, 100% of IP traffic between countries in the APAC was transmitted via the US. In 2004 it was around 30% (estimated)."
I do not know what criterion is used by REACH to come to those figures. But pesonally, I feel it is highly possible to be true. In around 1995, I remembered that when I called "traceroute" from my university to any local ISP, it gave me several US-hops! At that time I was dreaming a local version of NSFNET in this country (yes sure, later I knew that this is the timeframe where NSFNET was decommisioned!).
Many people at that time only concerned on establishing connections to the center of the Net i.e. the US and did not care about anything else. But slowly the "message" is spread and more and more people understood the idea behind this new thing. ISPs were making both bilateral and public peering(*). The govt has updated the regulation for encouraging local connections. Is it enough to suppress the inefficiency? Maybe! But I believe that right now intra-Asia IP traffic that travel first to the US is still in the figure of 10% or even more.
(*) for local readers, please note that peering != "piring" ! :-D
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sepertinya data di ambil dari live traffic yg di lewatkan ke REACH
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REACH Ranked Top IP Backbone in Asia
5 September 2005, HONG KONG -- REACH, Asia’s premier provider of international
telecommunications services, has been ranked the top IP backbone operator (in terms
of Intra-Asia connectivity) by independent market research firm Gartner Inc. This is the
fifth year in a row that REACH has won the top spot in the annual Gartner study which
has recently been published.
“The report highlights that REACH provides its principal data customers, PCCW and
Telstra, with unrivalled regional connectivity,” said Mr. Wei-Chou Su, Director of
Customer Management, REACH. “We are delighted with the report which confirms our
position as the top IP backbone in Asia.”
“The tremendous growth that you are seeing in broadband and other bandwidth
intensive applications is driving the demand for IP services,” said Su. “REACH's Intra-
Asia IP network capacity has increased from 17 Gbit/s to 27 Gbit/s over a 12-month
period, and global customer traffic has increased from 23 Gbit/s to 36 Gbit/s during the
same period.”
REACH also has the fastest gateway to China and Taiwan with over 10.5 Gbit/s of
capacity from its hub in Hong Kong.
“REACH offers superior regional connectivity through its combination of high backbone
capacity and excellent geographic reach, especially in North Asia,” said Mr. To Chee
Eng, Gartner’s research director for Telecom in the Asia-Pacific and author of the
Gartner report.
“We take into consideration capacity, the ability to connect to more countries, peering
capabilities and customer relationships with major ISPs, when evaluating which carrier
has the best regional connectivity” said Mr. To.
The REACH IP backbone network is also ranked the best connected IP network centred
in the Asia-Pacific region and the sixth best in the world by independent research firm
Netconfigs (Netconfigs, 2005).
http://www.reach.com/news/news_archive/IP_Backbone_5-09-05.pdf
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