> Despite the huge amount of "content which transcends the language > barrier" [tip of the hat wbn], it is worth noting that there is > a non-trivial amount of language-/culture-specific traffic that > doesn't need or want to traverse globally (viz massive IXes & large > xTTH deplyoments in otherwise 'small' countries). Sometimes that > maps near to the political boundaries.
<http://archive.psg.com/970210.nanog.pdf> slide 6 of course, these data are a bit long in the tooth randy
