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By: Microsoft blocks messenger in 5 countries « Rodrigo Gama

Microsoft blocks messenger in 5 countries « Rodrigo Gama — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:11:37 +0000

[...] US government, this stuff is even more serious. Most of the world’s internet infrastructure is located in the US (take also a look here). Thus, they CAN restrain most of internet traffic if wanted. If they start [...]

By: zooped.org » Blog Archive » Book Review: The Upside of Down

zooped.org » Blog Archive » Book Review: The Upside of Down — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:11:36 +0000

[...] Just consider how much you have come to rely on the omnipresent availability of electricity and the internet in your daily life. Now knock out some of the DNS servers, Google, and a couple of telecommunication switches [2]. You think you can cope with that? Sure, but how much of your grocery store’s shipment and organization will be affected, your airport’s flight schedules, public transportation, traffic reports, online banking, library access, the stock market, how much does your local government rely on email, BlackBerries, WLAN, cellphones? How much of that could suddenly become dysfunctional? [...]

By: Emilio-Jose Rodríguez García » USA lidera en servidores DNS

Emilio-Jose Rodríguez García » USA lidera en servidores DNS — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:45:41 +0000

[...] En la página de Royal Pingdom han expuesto el top20 de los mejores servidores DNS del mundo, y asombrosamente 18 de ellos pertenecen a estados unidos. [...]

By: Vie de Malchance » Webhosting Woes

Vie de Malchance » Webhosting Woes — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:44:17 +0000

[...] Oh look. iPower IS A REGISTRAR with nearly 500K registrants. If this is true, HTF did I get lost. Posted by Fec @ 4:26 pm :: Webhosting, eNom, Demand Media Comment RSS :: Trackback URI [...]

By: Top 20 DNS servers « Robitaille’s Blog

Top 20 DNS servers « Robitaille’s Blog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:50:37 +0000

[...] April 27th, 2007 Edit Royal Pingdom has compiled a list of the 20 top DNS servers around the world and put them on a Google Map. Out of the 20, 16 are in the US, 2 in Germany, and 2 in China. [...]

By: fresh wordpress installation » In the world of DNS servers, US is king

fresh wordpress installation » In the world of DNS servers, US is king — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:00:03 +0000

[...] Folks at Pingdom have put together a nice little map of the top 20 DNS servers in the world, and have one conclusion: US is king, with only two of the top 20 DNS servers outside of the US. Interestingly, they point out that DNS servers are pretty evenly distributed on the two coasts, though some other states make an appearance. It’s common for non-US companies and individuals to host their websites in the US. They do this both for the often more reliable infrastructure and perhaps more importantly to take advantage of the lower price levels offered by US hosting companies. [...]

By: G.D. Sanders » Blog Archive » Top 20 DNS Server Map

G.D. Sanders » Blog Archive » Top 20 DNS Server Map — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:14:09 +0000

[...] Top 20 DNS server map shows US dominance [...]

By: iinBLOG » Blog Archive » Die Top 20 DNS Server

iinBLOG » Blog Archive » Die Top 20 DNS Server — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:28:41 +0000

[...] Laut des Blogs der Monitoring Company Royal Pingdom dominieren die USA mit großem Abstand das Internet. Dort hat man die Zahlen von von ipwalk ausgewertet und stellte fest, dass 16 der Top 20 DNS-Server in den USA stehen. Der Fakt der US-Dominanz an sich ist nicht überraschend. Sehr wohl aber der deutliche Abstand zum Rest der Welt. [...]

By: 13.vc » Blog Archive » Top 20 DNS Servers (map)

13.vc » Blog Archive » Top 20 DNS Servers (map) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:19:02 +0000

[...] It turns out that 16 of the 20 largest DNS servers in the world are located in the US.read more | digg story [...]

By: GigaOM » In the world of DNS servers, US is king

GigaOM » In the world of DNS servers, US is king — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:46:52 +0000

[...] to take advantage of the lower price levels offered by US hosting companies. Share/E-mail | Sphere | Print | Topic: The Daily | Tags:none [...]