Worth Reading: BGP in 2017 Measurements of the size of the routing table have been taken on a regular basis since the start of 1988, although detailed snapshots of the routing system only date back to early 1994. Figure 1 shows a rather unique picture of the size of the routing table, as seen by all the peers of the Route Views route collector on an hourly basis. Several events are visible in the plot, such as the busting of the Internet bubble in 2001, and if one looks closely, the effects of the global financial crisis in 2009. —Geoff Huston @ potaroo Related
