Growth of non-transit ASes Transit and non-transit ASes contribute about equal numbers of prefixes despite the fact that there are 5 times as many non-transit ASes as transit ASes. Transit ASes announce over 1/2 prefixes (53%) For 1999-2000-2001: Fraction of nontransit ASes: 81%, 83%, 84% Announcements from nontransit ASes (percentage of semiglobal): 42%, 43%, 46%