Internet Fibre Optic Junction map of the world?

Question

There is a website that claims to be the end of the internet. For nerdy types like me this is good humor. It does show a portion of the Internet's Fibre Optic map with junctions. I don't know if this is a real map, but surely there is one somewhere. Anybody have a clue?

http://www.rattlehead.com/the_end/ is the website.

Answer 1

Haha, yeah, I hit the "end of the Internet" a while back, very cute!

It's been a while since I've gone looking myself, but I suggest hitting google with "ISP Backbone" or "Internet topology" or "Internet Backbone" and similar searches.

You might also be interested in some of these sites:
http://www.nthelp.com/maps.htm
http://www.caida.org/analysis/topology/as_core_network/AS_Network.xml
http://www.caida.org/analysis/topology/as_core_network/ipv6.xml
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/24/new_internet_backbon.html
http://www.bitwisegifts.com/page/bg/PROD/14000/14003

Afterthought: I heard there have also been some studies done about how the Internet backbone mimics a live, self-healing organism. For example, during the Iraq war, if you look at the Internet connectivity and backbone links before any bombing activity, versus months/years later, there's a whole new network of links that came back with even higher bandwidth and more redundancy. Almost as if a blood vessel gets pinched off but in time new ones grow and branch out in its place.