Global Internet Map: Central Projection

The central projection of the Global Internet Map 2006 features international internet bandwidth, scaled by capacity, as of mid-2005. International internet bandwidth is network capacity on data links which cross international political borders, run the Internet Protocol (IP), are reachable from other parts of the internet, and carry general internet traffic: e-mail, Web pages, and most of the other popular services which have come to define today's internet.

The map also shows country code top level internet domains (ccTLDs) and country dialing codes on color-coded tags, indicating the number of internet hosts per 10,000 people. Each country is color-coded according to the extent of international internet bandwidth available.

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