A Ball of Colors – Maybe or Maybe Not!

David Wetzel | Aug 27, 2008 | 0 comments

This ball of colors represents the North American Internet. It is a map of every router, more than 150,000 and counting.

As you read the map, your first inclination is to try to make it geographic: however it is not. There is no East Coast or any coast. The lines are connections between routers, however they are do not represent any specific distances.

The colors or the lines represent who owns the router, for example:

 

Red – Verizon

Blue – AT&T

Yellow – Qwest

Green – Level 3 and Sprint Nextel

Black – All cable companies

Grey – Everyone Else

 

It is interesting that someone took the enormous time necessary to create this image. They did an excellent job!

 

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