routing myths: routing behavior

myth:
causes of growth & instability of routing system
route table growth exponential
data: 
global prefixes grew 4% may->nov 01;  37% in nov00-01 (RouteViews)



myth:
peering richness is growing (see previous slide)
data: 
link/node ratio (average degree), peering richness, and churn did not significantly change in 2000-2001, although lot of changes within ASes.