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Thought on Re: Internet Maps Wanted

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From: W. Matthews
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article <S1070235.15.313BAB2B@cedarville.edu>, S1070235@cedarville.edu (The Highlander ) says:
>
>>From: Mike Phillips <mdp@pncl.co.uk>
>>I am looking for a source (online) of maps of the Internet from backbone,
>>down to 256K for Europe and UK,  and T1 for US.
>>This is for a research project.
>>
>>Any help gratefully received.
>>Please reply by email (and post reply if you think of general interest)
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mike
>
>  I sure hope you are not serious.  That would be virtually impossible to 
>map the entire Internet down to the 256k speeds in Europe. You should go 
>check out the growth meter and estimated servers that come on line every 
>DAY! On some of the Web statistics pages available on most search engines. 
>The numbers are estonishing. (in the hundreds if not thousands per day)
>   This would be like trying to get an accurate map of Africa 15 to 20 
>years ago. Things change so fast by the time you start drawing it, it 
>changes.
>  
>   Some magazines have attempted to create so called 'maps' of the Internet 
>on specific topics. (I can recall one on 'the internet underground') But 
>they are not really maps but just listings of links and addresses connected 
>by topic lines.
>
>   If some lonely person has actually done this Id like to see it.
>
>-Tyler
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>Tyler Allison  Senior CIS Major       s1070235@cedarville.edu   \\    PGP
>  Cedarville College, Ohio         Ruling the Scottish Highlands  \\  KEY
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Considering current numbering systems, this would indeed be a document to
behold.  There would be at a ceiling with the current system 10^12 systems
with several hundred ports available for entry on each system.
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From: Wmatthew@lan-aces.com (W. Matthews)
Subject: Thought on Re: Internet Maps Wanted
Date: 1996/03/08
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