General statistics The FixedOrbit database includes thousands of networks, millions of paths, and billions of IP's that make up the Internet. Description Members IP Space (used) 2,222,003,315 (51.74%) IP Space (assigned) 2,624,159,339 (61.10%) IP Ranges 289,778 Unique Routes 1,303,061 Static Paths 8,921,454 ASN 64,190 (11,250 leaves, 33,679 unused) Peerings 124,314 IP address control The value of any network is correlated to the number of direct users it has. A network of only two is nearly useless, whereas a network of many thousands or millions can be very powerful. Through tracking of the number of IP addresses any particular network controls, we get an idea of relative percentages of Internet traffic that a given network probably handles. IP address control is one factor in the calculation of the KNODES index. The Top Ten Networks Defined by IP Addressing Control Rank IP Space ASN Description 1 88,779,443 27064 DoD Network Information Center 2 65,442,023 4134 No.31,Jin-rong Street 3 55,544,480 7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. 4 44,898,116 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 5 44,231,617 17676 APNIC ASN block 6 40,852,214 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services 7 37,990,299 7132 AT&T Internet Services 8 33,767,390 71 Hewlett-Packard Company 9 28,936,135 3320 Deutsche Telekom AG 10 27,860,428 174 Cogent Communications Peering The value of a given network on the Internet is also correlated the number of indirect users it has. Because the Internet is really a "network of networks", the value of any network will depend on the number and size of the networks with which it has peering arrangements. Peers add value to a network by providing access to the users on its own network, plus the access allowed through the other networks with which it peers. The top ten networks defined by number of peers Rank Peers ASN Description 1 2,256 701 MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business 2 2,175 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services 3 2,166 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 4 2,009 174 Cogent Communications 5 1,545 1239 Sprint 6 1,404 209 Qwest Communications Corporation 7 1,243 3549 Global Crossing 8 1,032 4323 tw telecom holdings, inc. 9 942 6939 Hurricane Electric, Inc. 10 757 2828 XO Communications Countries The Internet is not just about one country or another, it's about the world. The following countries are the leaders in Internet infrastructure and network density. The top ten countries for Internet network density Rank Assigned In range Utilization Abbrev Country 1 55.57% 33.54% 79.87% US United States 2 6.93% 66.10% 120.82% CN China 3 5.78% 74.08% 130.67% JP Japan 4 4.34% 65.54% 87.18% EU European Union 5 2.84% 44.47% 78.47% CA Canada 6 2.83% 31.80% 63.34% UK United Kingdom 7 2.55% 30.62% 117.85% KR Republic of Korea 8 2.09% 40.57% 85.55% FR France 9 2.04% 57.46% 134.31% DE Germany 10 1.38% 64.26% 103.76% AU Australia Copyright ©2001-2006, AnalogX. All rights reserved.