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On the other hand, any traffic that needs to cross the Atlantic, via the Apollo cables, takes a detour via GCHQ Bude, which is funded by the NSA (http://www.thi
by bbosh 13y ago
On the other hand, any traffic that needs to cross the Atlantic, via the Apollo cables, takes a detour via GCHQ Bude, which is funded by the NSA (http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/USA-spent-millions-Bude-spy-station-says-Snowden/story-19609311-detail/story.html#axzz2tQqt9qmc http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/USA-spent-millions-Bude-spy-...). I suspect a lot of non-US traffic goes via London, too.
- fidotron 13y agoUsed to be a much greater proportion than it is today, largely thanks to the growth of places like the Amsterdam Internet Exchange. At one point there was a building on the Isle of Dogs (former island in the Thames) through which an absolutely terrifying proportion of the network traffic for western Europe travelled.
- _delirium 13y agoAt least as far as visible hops in a traceroute go (admittedly doesn't cover everything, such as fiber-level switching), most of my traffic to the U.S. from Copenhagen currently seems to bypass the UK. A few common transatlantic endpoint pairs seem to be Paris-Ashburn (he.net), Amsterdam-DC (hwng.net), and Copenhagen-NYC (tdc.net).