Forgive the x-posting, but this seems sufficient useful data to call to folks' attention. It's big bucks, so suitable only for a well-funded research project. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman -------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:42:10 -0500 From: Jason Kowal <jasonkowal@telegeography.com> To: Martin Dodge <m.dodge@ucl.ac.uk> Subject: TeleGeography Adds 20, 000+ Data Points to the International Traffic Database Dear TeleGeography subscriber, Following a year of painstaking research, we've finally uploaded more than 20,000 new data points to our _International Traffic Database_, including over 7,000 cross-border route totals. The entire Database -- which covers six years and 203 countries -- now contains over 120,000 statistics that you can search, filter, and export for use in your own analysis. A subscription to the _International Traffic Database_ includes: - Searchable and exportable access to over 7,000 cross-border routes - Results filtering by year, country, region, volume, growth, or traffic balance - National telecom indicators such as main lines, mobiles, and teledensity - One complimentary print copy of _TeleGeography 2003_ How does the Database differ from _TeleGeography 2003_? Our 300-page companion report to the Database -- _TeleGeography 2003_ -- takes a look behind the numbers to uncover the trends in traffic, pricing, competition, and new technologies such as Voice-over-IP. This annually published report includes the most current year's top outgoing routes for 123 countries -- about 2,300 routes. The Database, however, includes six years of outgoing and incoming data for every route we've researched from over 200 countries -- generating a database containing in excess of 7,000 outgoing and 4,000 incoming routes. The new data are freely available to existing _International Traffic Database_ subscribers for the remainder of their subscription. If you have purchased the _TeleGeography 2003_ report, you can upgrade to a full Database subscription for $3500. If you haven't purchased _TeleGeography 2003_ yet, or need to renew your subscription, the price for both the report and the Database is $5700. For additional details, and to test the free demonstration version of the _International Traffic Database_, please visit: <http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/voice/db/itd/index.html> As always, please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you might have. Best regards, Jason Kowal President Tel: +1 202 741 0020 Fax: +1 202 741 0021 PS: You may also be interested in TeleGeography's Holiday Map Sale: Buy any two maps for the price of one until December 23rd. Please visit our Wall Map page at the link below to make your selection: <http://www.telegeography.com/maps/index.html> ------------------------------------------- TeleGeography sends email updates to TeleGeography subscribers every month or so announcing new publications and events. We do not share our email lists with any third parties. You can opt out of our email program by replying to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject field. Please contact Heather Tinsley at htinsley@telegeography.com with any questions. ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 4 Dec 2002 to 13 Dec 2002 (#2002-24) ***********************************************************************