Knodes Index The Knodes Index is the best measurement of a network's connectivity to the Internet. The Knodes Index is based on a variety of statistics, such as relative size, IP address control and peering arrangements. The index is calculated to indicate the average number of networks, or hops that must be traversed between any IP address on a given network to any other IP address on the Internet. Rank Internet Hops ASN Description 1 1.74 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 2 1.85 3549 Global Crossing 3 1.85 8075 Microsoft Corp 4 1.86 2914 NTT America, Inc. 5 1.87 174 Cogent Communications 6 1.89 1239 Sprint 7 1.89 3257 Tiscali Intl Network BV 8 1.90 6453 Teleglobe Inc. 9 1.91 3303 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd 10 1.92 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services Copyright ©2001-2006, AnalogX. All rights reserved.