TeleGeography 2002

PriMetrica, Inc., July 2002.
130 Pages. ISBN 1-886142-36-X.

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Overview Table of Contents List of Figures City Profiles Electronic Edtion
 

List of Figures

Executive Summary
Figure 1. Growth of the Top U.S. Internet Routes, 1999-2002   9
Figure 2. Top 30 U.S. Internet Routes, 2002   10
Figure 3. Overlay of Competing U.S. Fiber Networks, 2002   11
 
Foundations
Figure 1. Map of the U.S. Internet, 1971 and 1988   17
Figure 2. Map of the Top 30 U.S. Internet Routes, 1996 and 2002   18
Figure 3. Core Capacity Growth of Selected Backbones, 1996-2002   19
 
Networks
Figure 1. Backbones Compared: Worldcom versus Electric Lightwave   25
Figure 2. National versus Regional Backbone   26
Figure 3. Capacity by Provider for the Top 10 U.S. Internet Routes, 2002   28
Figure 4. Share of Capacity by Provider on the Top 20 U.S. Internet Routes, 2002   30
Figure 5. U.S. OC-3 Annual Lease Prices, 2000-2002   31
Figure 6. Internet Exchange Growth, 1994-2002   33
Figure 7. Backbone Peering Policies Compared   34
Figure 8. Top 20 U.S. Backbones by Autonomous Systems Rank, May 2002   35
Figure 9. Autonomous System Connectivity Trends, May 2001-May 2002   36
Figure 10. Autonomous System Connectivity Trends for Selected Networks, May 2001-May 2002   37
Figure 11. Inter-Provider Latency on Selected Routes, June 2002   38
Figure 12. Backbones Connected to Top 100 Web Sites, May 2002   39
Figure 13. Top U.S. Dial-up, Cable, and DSL Access Providers, 2002   40
Figure 14. Internet Transit List Prices, September 2001   41
Figure 15. Internet Transit Market Prices, May 2002   42
Figure 16. Revenues of Selected U.S. Backbone Providers, 2000 & 2001   43
Figure 17. Recent ISP Failures   44
Figure 18. Top 5 U.S. Backbone ISPs versus Telephone Revenues, 1997-2001   45
     
Routes & Cities
Figure 1. The Top 15 U.S. Internet Routes: Links in a Chain   50
Figure 2. Map of West Coast U.S. Internet Bandwidth, 2002   51
Figure 3. Map of Southeast U.S. Internet Bandwidth, 2002   52
Figure 4. Map of East Coast U.S. Internet Bandwidth, 2002   53
Figure 5. Top 100 U.S. Internet Routes, 2002   54
Figure 6. Top 30 U.S. Internet Hub Cities, 2002   56
Figure 7. On the Internet, Distance Matters   57
Figure 8. Core-Edge City Relationships   57
Figure 9. Growth of the Top U.S. Internet Routes, 1999-2002   58
Figure 10. Circuit Composition of Top 100 U.S Internet Routes, 2002   59
Figure 11. Intercity Internet Bandwidth Supply Correlations to Residential and Business Demand, 2002   60
Figure 12. Intercity Internet Bandwidth Correlations with Demand Indicators   61
Figure 13. Cities of Glut?- Internet Bandwidth and Demand for Lit Bandwidth   62
Figure 14. Map of the Top U.S. International Internet Routes, 2001   63
Figure 15. U.S. Cities with the Most International Internet Bandwidth   64

 

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