[Commotion-discuss] Visualizing internet traffic routing

Dan Staples danstaples at opentechinstitute.org
Thu Jul 25 21:00:35 UTC 2013


In presentations about Commotion, we have talked about how traffic is
routed on the internet when you want to send your neighbor a message.
Often, the traffic is routed through servers and switches in different
cities far away, and this is of course unnecessary and inefficient.
Conversely, wireless mesh allows you to send messages in a much more
efficient and direct route.

I just came across this video by IXmaps: http://vimeo.com/67102223. I am
thinking IXmaps might be a good tool for us to use in presentations, to
actually show the visuals of how internet traffic is routed, compared to
routing over a local mesh. For most folks, how the internet is actually
architected is a mystery, and perhaps something like this would be a
good way to get people to really understand it.

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