On 14 August 2013 10:06, <bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:32:13AM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > Researchers have complained for years about the lack of good > > statistics about the internet for a couple fo decades, since the > > end of NSFNET statistics. > > > > What are the current estimates about the size of the Internet, all IP > > networks including managed IP and private IP, and all telecommunications > > including analog voice, video, sensor data, etc? > > > > CAIDA, ITU, Telegeography and some vendors like Cisco have released > > forecasts and estimates. There are occasional pieces of information > > stated by companies in their investor documents (SEC 10-K, etc). > > > > thats easy... the number of allocated IPv4 /32s and the > number of allocated IPv6 /64s. By definition, private > networks (RFC 1918) space is not part of the Internet. > > Or, is your question actually the absolute number of globally > reachable IP addresses at any given instant? (reachable from > where?) > > Or do you mean anything that might have an IP address associated > with > it at some time in its existance? > > Clarity would be helpful if you want a repeatable answer. > > /bill > > > Or is size volume based, ie number of bits, and if so is it provisioned capacity or average usage of that capacity? Or even real devices vs used IPs as there isn't a 1:1 mapping...
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