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) 1,974,603,011 (45.97%) IP Space (assigned) 2,466,359,700 (57.42%) IP Ranges 249,068 Unique Routes 1,315,449 Static Paths 9,261,579 ASN 63,939 (9,820 leaves, 36,687 unused) Peerings 111,446 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 88,143,095 721 DoD Network Information Center 2 47,515,161 4134 No.31,Jin-rong Street 3 44,723,646 17676 APNIC ASN block 4 44,668,983 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 5 33,734,104 71 Hewlett-Packard Company 6 33,119,079 7132 AT&T Internet Services 7 27,792,020 174 Cogent Communications 8 26,986,710 701 MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business 9 25,029,910 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services 10 24,654,304 3320 Deutsche Telekom AG 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 2,346 701 MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business 2 2,092 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services 3 1,742 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 4 1,680 1239 Sprint 5 1,642 174 Cogent Communications 6 1,298 209 Qwest 7 1,041 3549 Global Crossing 8 918 4323 Time Warner Telecom, Inc. 9 798 6461 Abovenet Communications, Inc 10 760 6939 Hurricane Electric 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 57.09% 31.67% 76.66% US United States 2 5.71% 71.90% 119.97% JP Japan 3 5.35% 62.94% 130.58% CN China 4 4.61% 66.20% 83.45% EU European Union 5 3.01% 30.56% 64.22% UK United Kingdom 6 2.97% 45.52% 77.70% CA Canada 7 2.38% 39.52% 114.27% KR Republic of Korea 8 2.23% 40.53% 85.30% FR France 9 2.17% 55.91% 101.86% DE Germany 10 1.33% 64.18% 98.86% AU Australia Copyright ©2001-2006, AnalogX. All rights reserved.