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) 2,352,526,488 (54.77%) IP Space (assigned) 3,111,191,318 (72.44%) IP Ranges 328,215 Unique Routes 1,541,974 Static Paths 10,704,941 ASN 65,536 (12,687 leaves, 31,220 unused) Peerings 144,326 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 88,997,318 27064 DoD Network Information Center 2 84,962,741 4134 No.31,Jin-rong Street 3 60,964,476 7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. 4 44,663,601 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 5 44,247,230 17676 APNIC ASN block 6 43,949,070 7132 AT&T Internet Services 7 33,764,071 71 Hewlett-Packard Company 8 28,966,297 3320 Deutsche Telekom AG 9 27,984,909 174 Cogent Communications 10 27,462,875 6167 Cellco Partnership 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 2,703 3356 Level 3 Communications, LLC 2 2,696 174 Cogent Communications 3 2,332 7018 AT&T WorldNet Services 4 2,009 701 MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business 5 1,390 3549 Global Crossing 6 1,385 6939 Hurricane Electric, Inc. 7 1,377 209 Qwest Communications Company, LLC 8 1,326 4323 tw telecom holdings, inc. 9 1,316 1239 Sprint 10 958 13030 Init Seven AG, Zurich, Switzerland 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 48.57% 33.59% 58.24% US United States 2 8.31% 60.76% 104.49% CN China 3 5.89% 72.54% 94.30% JP Japan 4 4.78% 56.27% 297.90% EU European Union 5 2.98% 40.43% 118.90% KR Republic of Korea 6 2.83% 70.71% 101.67% DE Germany 7 2.53% 44.36% 65.82% CA Canada 8 2.47% 46.08% 117.27% FR France 9 2.44% 46.46% 131.75% UK United Kingdom 10 1.39% 59.76% 74.82% AU Australia Copyright ©2001-2006, AnalogX. All rights reserved.