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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