Traffic on Internet Backbones in US

Source: Andrew M. Odlyzko, Internet traffic growth: Sources and implications (nd) (1994 and before data is of NSFNET. 1996 and after based on a sample in the month of December)

• Telegeography 2004
• Page 254: Transoceanic Internet Traffic and Capacity 2003-2006
• 2003 Atlantic Internet bandwidth 388 Gbps, Peak Internet traffic 100 Gbps, Average Internet Traffic 70 Gbps
• 2003 Pacific Internet Bandwidth 92 Gbps, Peak Internet Traffic, 28 Gbps Peak Internet Traffic, 20 Gbps Average Internet Traffic
• Future years are projections
• Page 256: Interregional Internet Bandwith 2003 (commentary:  this places the US networks as a switching office of global traffic.  Another statistic here somewhere indicates that some certain high percentage of traffic entering the US does not terminate in the US).
• Between US and
• Europe 386,210 Mbps
• Africa 1,351.5 Mbps
• Latin America 51,623.4 Mbps
• Asia 103,282.3 Mbps
• Between Europe and
• Asia 4,397.4 Mbps
• Africa 1,875.2 Mbps
• Telegeography, US Internet Geography 2003 (July 2002) Executive Summary
• Sample Data  on release includes
• Major U.S. Internet Routes, 2002 Map
• Internet Service Revenues for  Major Internet Providers, 1997-2001
• West Coast Routes
• Dallas Fort Worth
• Telegeography, WorldCom Controls the Most Internet Bandwidth, Connections, and Revenue (July 10, 2002)
• "Share of Capacity by Provider on the 20 Largest U.S. Internet Routes, 2002

     WorldCom    29%
     Qwest        8%
     Cogent        7%
     Level 3        7%
     Genuity        6%
     Sprint        6%
     France Telecom       5%
     XO        5%
     AT&T        4%
     Cable & Wireless    4%
         Note: Data as of mid-2002
         Source: TeleGeography, Inc."
• "WorldCom operates 30 percent of the bandwidth on the 20 largest U.S. Internet backbone routes—more than the next four providers combined.  WorldCom connects over 3,400 networks throughout the world—Sprint and AT&T each connect less than half as many.  In 2001, WorldCom accounted for at least 30 percent of the wholesale U.S. backbone access market—three times more than its largest rival."
• RHK, Internet Traffic Soars But Revenues Glide | (May 2002)
"Internet traffic in North America grew at an annual rate of 100% during 2001. Traffic now stands at around 100 Petabytes per month - more than double that carried by the region’s entire long-distance voice infrastructure. However, revenue growth, at 17%, fell well behind the traffic surge, mainly due to intense price pressure, better utilization of higher bandwidth pipes by enterprise customers; and declines in wholesale dial-up business as users migrate to broadband access." Press Release
• Caspian Networks Press Release Continued Internet Traffic Growth Portends  pUpswing In Carrier Spending, Says Internet Founder (Jan 16, 2002)
"Latest data from the 20 leading tier 1 IP network service provider networks in the U.S. reveals that the Internet has continued to grow at roughly the same growth rate it's been averaging since it began growing aggressively in the early 90s. Over the almost two-year period of Roberts' study, April 2000 through the present, Internet traffic has been found to be growing annually by a factor of three."
• Telegeography Report Sept 2001
• Interregional Internet Bandwidth, 2001
• Major International Routes in Asia & Pacific, 2001
• MIDS State of the Internet