I didn't say 99% infra-HK Internet traffic *went through* HKIX. 😊 Che-Hoo
On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:41 AM Mahmutovic, Jas <jas.mahmuto...@spirent.com> wrote: > Excerpt from http://www.hkix.net/hkix/Presentation/forum20100129.pdf > (Page 3) > > Two Main Sites for resilience > > •HKIX1: CUHK Campus in Shatin > •HKIX2: CITIC Tower in Central > > We are confident to say that because of HKIX, more than 99% intra--HK > Internet traffic is kept within HK > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> On Behalf Of b...@theworld.com > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:06 PM > To: John Sage <js...@finchhaven.com> > Cc: nanog@nanog.org; b...@theworld.com > Subject: Re: 99% of HK internet traffic goes thru uni being fought over? > > > On November 20, 2019 at 15:11 mailto:js...@finchhaven.com (John Sage) > wrote: > > > Then, as to Internet traffic, the probability that 99% of *all* > Internet > traffic to one global political entity (Hong Kong) goes through > one > single physical location that just happens to be a university > currently > experiencing student protests is ... yeah... > > Interesting theory. > > > > > I take it you know nothing about Internetworking? > > Perhaps you should look at https://www.TheWorld.com/~bzs > > > > > Or, again, Zerohedge? > > Nope, knew nothing off-hand about them but wikipedia seems to concur that > Zerohedge is likely a "Russian asset". Thanks. > > Nonetheless it doesn't particularly mean that 99% of HK traffic > *doesn't* go thru that facility, not alone. > > Broad comparisons to other national internet structures as you appeal to > seems to be questionable in regards to a Special Administrative Region of > The People's Republic of China, albeit officially ruled under "one system, > two ways", HK being one of the regions (Macau being the other) which is > ruled under the "second" way. > > China can be unique in their communications policies and practices. > > Which is why I asked hoping someone knew the facts rather than had an > opinion about the particular source or some theory unifying all national > internet infrastructures under some simple rule of thumb. > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | mailto:b...@theworld.com | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* >
