Internet Traffic Report

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Internet Traffic Report (ITR) by Opnix, Inc.

The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections. The graphs on this site include Global Traffic Index, Global Response Time, Global Packet Loss for the past 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days. ITR provides data covering the following continents:

Definitions:

Global Traffic Index: The "traffic index" is a score from 0 to 100 where 0 is "slow" and 100 is "fast". It is determined by comparing the current response of a ping echo to all previous responses from the same router over the past 7 days. A score of 0 to 100 is then assigned to the current response depending on if this response is better or worse than all previous responses from that router.

Global Response Time (ms): Response Time in reference to Internet traffic is how long it takes for a chunk of data to travel from point A to point B and back (round trip). A typical response time on the Internet is 200 ms, which is 200 milliseconds (thousandths of a second) = 1/5th of one second.

Global Packet Loss (%): Packet Loss measures the reliability of a connection. A known chunk of data is sent to the router and then the router is supposed to send the same data back unaltered (echo). If the packet returns intact then there was 0% packet loss and that is good. If the packet returns with half of its data garbled or missing then that is 50% packet loss, which is poor. 100% packet loss means the packet never returned.

Opnix, Inc. is an Internet technology company leading the industry in IP Traffic Management. With the development of the Orbit 1000 customer premise unit, Opnix redefines "intelligent" routing. The Orbit 1000 actively gathers performance metrics (including packet loss, latency, exchange point congestion, layer-3 hops, AS hops, circuit congestion, and path reachability) across all carrier routes to determine which routes actually perform better. Opnix then delivers this intelligence to our customers' routers via a standard BGP4 interface. For more information, please see http://www.opnix.com.