Carrying the Lantern

US, still the bandwidth daddy

US consumers maynot have ample bandwidth, but from the looks of it, when it comes to sheer capacity, US is still the bandwidth big-daddy. This data collected by Telegeography says it all. Of course, it doesn’t mean anything to consumers who are thirsty for bandwidth! That’s the irony, isn’t it!

Top Internet Hub City: London, 1.1 Tbps bandwidth, 439 Gbps peak traffic.
Top Internet Hub Country: United States, 1.4 Tbps bandwidth, 704 Gbps peak traffic.
Top Internet Route: London - New York, 320 Gbps bandwidth, 153 Gbps peak traffic.
Top Region for Traffic Growth: Latin America, 70% average growth.
Top ISP by Autonomous System Connectivity: MCI, 3,102 connections.
Top ISP by Number of Countries Connected: AT&T, 52 countries.
Cheapest Place to Buy GigE Backbone Access: United States, $13 per Mbps per month
Highest International Bandwidth per Capita: Denmark, 38 Kbps per person.

- Om Malik [Om Malik's Broadband Blog]

Bill R.: From the juxtaposition of these last two posts, you can see that the new Apple iPod nano is replacing the second generations iPod mini (that I have) after only 8 short months. Just another instance of hi tech products having a short life-span. Interesting to note the nano uses the same connector as the mini, so some accessories are not a total loss. This nod by Apple to backward compatibility is their recognition of the huge 3rd party market of iPod stuff now in existence. To some extent it's the price Apple must pay for being #1 in this market (world-wide!)

Apple Posts Webcast of iPod Introductions.

Apple has posted a webcast of Wednesday's introductions San Francisco's Moscone West.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the latest iPod, the nano, along with the new iTunes phone.

[Podcasting News]

iPod Family Cemetery. A humorous tribute to the fallen members of the iPod family. It begins with the original 5GB iPod and ends with the latest death, the iPod mini. [digg]