[CII] IXmaps.ca

[nancyp at yorku.ca]

Hello,

I'm posting abt my recently completed thesis research - 'Bandwidth is Political:
Reachability in the Public Internet'. Unlike research concerned with bandwidth
and traffic growth, this research shifts the risk analysis away from capacity
issues, to focus on performance standards for interconnection and data
reachability. I argue that risks to data reachability represent the next stage
in debates about the health of the global public Internet.

The paper is avail online at my website: www.vacuumwoman.com

A related custom software platform that provides dynamic, interactive
visualizations of the Internet cloud is being developed by myself and a team
from the University of Toronto. This platform, called IXmaps, will allow
Internet users to create visualizations (in Google Earth) of the route their
data packets take across North America, along with highly detailed information
about associated elements such as carrier interconnect ‘hotels’ and NSA
eavesdropping points.

This project is located at: www.ixmaps.ca

Please download the custom traceroute program and help us populate our database:
 http://www.ixmaps.ca/TrGen/index.html

Thanks & comments are welcome!
Dr Nancy Paterson
Ontario College of Art & Design