This article has no value. Use of "Shadow Internet" term solely to increase the buzz. They are talking about ESNet (Energy Science Network), consisting of a ver

This article has no value. Use of "Shadow Internet" term solely to increase the buzz. They are talking about ESNet (Energy Science Network), consisting of a very few end-points connected together. Comparing it to Tier 3 network is nonsense, that is like saying Tier 1 blows Tier 3 network out of the water. The monitoring tool provided by ESNet [1] displays around 25 users, and the topping users are not even exceeding the 10 gbit mark, theoretically they would have same experience with Google Fibre as well. [1] - http://stats1.es.net/top.html http://stats1.es.net/top.html