New Zealand
Information
ccTLD: NZ (the date of ccTLD delegation: 1987-01-19)
Population (Year)
3,737,280 (2000) 4,213,418 (2010) 4,290,347 (2011)
Internet Population (Year)
830,000 (2000) 3,600,000 (2010) 3,625,553 (2011)
Broadband Population (Year)
1,089,000 (2010)
IP Address Allocation (Year):
Number of IPv4 addresses: 6,954,496 (2012)
Number of IPv6/48s: 7,733,285 (2012)
5 Popular Websites[from alexa.com]:
Google NewZealand : google.co.nz
Facebook: facebook.com
Google: google.com
Youtube: youtube.com
Trade Me : trademe.co.nz
Bibliography
[Brownlee 1994] Nevil Brownlee, "New Zealand Experiences with Network Traffic Charging," Connexions, v.8, no.12, 1994.
[Heyday 2012] Heyday, Down to the Wire:The Story of New Zealand’s Internet. http://downtothewire.co.nz/the-beginning-1989/, 2012.
[InternetNZ 2012] InternetNZ Association: http://internetnz.net.nz/, 2012.
[ISPMAP 2012] New Zealand ISP Map, http://www.ispmap.co.nz, 2012.
[Newman 2008] Keith Newman, Connecting the Clouds: the Internet in New Zealand, Activity Press, 2008. http://www.nethistory.co.nz
[NZIX 2012] ISPMAP.CO.NZ, http://nzix.net/, 2012.
[REANNZ 2012] REANNZ (Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand), http://www.reannz.co.nz, 2012.
[Waikato 2012] Waikato Linux User Group, NewZealandInternetHistory. http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewZealandInternetHistory, 2012.
Introduction
2012 – Research and Education Network
The KAREN network in 2012. This is the academic and research part of the Internet in New Zealand, with links up to 10 Gbit/s. (Source: www.reannz.co.nz)
Another view of KAREN, showing the variety of commercial operators involved. (Source: www.reannz.co.nz)
2012 –Commercial Internet
The topology of commercial ISPs in New Zealand in March 2012 (Source: www.ispmap.co.nz )
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Updated: 2013.5.4
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