Where are the internet's traffic jams located??

[noninterleaved]

Where are the most congested parts (geographically) of the internet?

Does anyone know of some sort of site that can give semi-real time traffic conditions across the net?

 

[xtreme2k]

I would say the most congested part of the net is between my dsl modem and my isp when I am downloading warez. Connection is maxed out.

 

[Elledan]

Bottleneck is always the connection between the backbones (OC-192 & OC-3 connections) and your PC. Especially low-quality, high-noise telephone lines are a curse.

 

[noninterleaved]

Ok I guess I am asking where do you see the most traffic.

Is it like somewhere in Montana where east meets west?

 

[modestmouse]

http://www.mids.org/weather/

and also

http://doema.wirehub.nl/wirehub/

 

[WoundedWallet]

From an old Internet map I have here the main east/west hubs are Dalas, Kansas City, Chicago and Atlanta.

But... have you seen the internet live from above?
http://home.online.no/~ggunners/NetBird.html
Here, if you wait a while, you can actually see the individual servers with the most traffic. That is if you can figure out what's what on that mess.

 

[Train]

actually, if your thinking of "East Meets West" your thinking Chicago, where most of the traffic between east and west gets routed through. Unless your along the southern states then i believe the big hubs down that way would be through Dallas. I know the Midwest pretty well, and If Chicago has problems, the traffic falls back through Detroit and Toledo, which arent as heavily equiped as Chicago is, so those us in that area usually get the shaft and have to suffer with bad bandwith until Chicago gets over its hiccups.