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Re: The Internet Map

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Post by pirateking » Sun, Jul 29, 2012, 11:29 AM UTC

guard-of-terra wrote: post #30

cpr wrote: post #6

This is the Internet map a few months after I first got on from Harv-10 in 1972: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/7257339850/lightbox/ . Brings back great memories of sitting by the Harvard IMP (router) late at night, and getting a call from BBN on the phone asking me (anyone) to reboot it manually...

By the way, I (as non-US) wonder why west coast and california had more nodes even back then? I mean, west coast is less populated and if you look at night lights map it's practically invisible compared to east coast. Why tech tend to be there anyway?

William Shockley is a notable contributor to the birth of Silicon Valley (along with many other factors).

"Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation."[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley

Re: The Internet Map

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Post by dkd » Sun, Jul 29, 2012, 7:14 PM UTC

hhw wrote: post #49

Here is a physical map of the Internet: http://www.cablemap.info/ And here is a logical map of the Internet: http://www.peer1.com/map-of-the-internet A map of websites doesn't really make that much sense as a website can easily be in multiple places

Thanks so much cablemap.info site.

Re: The Internet Map

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Post by mnutt » Sun, Jul 29, 2012, 7:52 PM UTC

guard-of-terra wrote: post #33

bherms wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Back then it was likely easier to lay the groundwork than in more populated cities. In addition there were great institutes of higher learning focusing on technology. Note this is just a small theory and in no way has any evidence to back it.

But then, why all those technology institutes happened to grow there? Back when there weren't many people, or infrastructure, or tech?

Steve Blank gave a very interesting Google tech talk about it, back in 1997:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFSPHfZQpIQ