“…A desire to reduce transit cost, improve control over routing and performance, and enhance the experience for users, have yielded a more densely connected, flat network of shorter paths [25,57]. Understanding these trends, the forces behind them, and their implications have attracted significant research attention [5,11,12,16,17,19,21,33,36,38,39,41]. In this evolving view of the Internet, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), cloud computing, and IXPs have displaced Tier-1 transit providers from center stage, suggesting a diminished role for long-haul connectivity.…”