[tor-relays] [tor] Re: Hosting relays in the Netherlands

[Steve Snyder]

On 03/11/2012 07:11 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> I'll add that AS path info is available from route views looking
> glasses. Think of it like traceroute, but for BGP. It's quite handy.
>
> A node map showing current GEO, AS, and provider would be a cool
> idea. Lots of cities have datacenters and moms/pops of some sort. People
> could then find a gap near them, then poke around the phonebook,
> webhostingtalk, datacentertalk, [NA]NOG's, etc to find a diverse fill.

Until such a cool tool is available, I will suggest a quick fix: select 
nearly any location in Asia or Africa.

The U.S. and Europe are vastly over-represented in geography/population 
vs. bandwidth due to the relative cheapness of international network 
traffic in those locations.

Another scheme is to diversify by political sphere.  Should any given 
country become draconian in its censorship of the Internet, what 
percentage of Tor bandwidth will fall within the purview of that 
country?  I'm thinking more about the nationality of the datacenter 
owners than I am about the location of the datacenters themselves.