An historical trail of backbone names
February 22nd, 2006 by smp | Comments | Filed in The Web, Web PerformanceThis morning, I was briefly waylaid by a colleague who wanted me to look at a traceroute for her. Her question: “Is it safe to say that alter.net is not Verizon?”
Answer: Nope.
Alter.net begat UU.net begat MCI/Worldcom begat MCI begat Verizon.
And so goes the world…
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Tags: Alter.net, backbone, connectivity, UU.net, Verizon, Worldcom
