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That's not how it works, either. There's settlement-free peering (the "real" peering) and there's paid peering and there's transit. Peering is when two networks exchange data which is destined for the respective other network. Transit is when two networks exchange traffic that is destined for some other network. Transit is the real cost factor, because nobody carries transit traffic for free: You want me to carry your data to someone else? What's in it for me? Whether peering is settlement free or not is a matter of negotiation. Most networks publish peering policies in which they describe where and with whom they will peer and what the conditions are. For example: Google, Comcast, Verizon, and few others. If you want to dig even deeper, there's a database of peerings (use guest login). It is indeed often a matter of size, and the resulting negotiating power, who pays whom. There are however "peering sluts": CDNs will typically peer settlement-free with anyone above a relatively small minimum size, even though CDNs are true behemoths on the internet. That's because their business depends on reaching everybody, and settlement-free peering is still a lot cheaper than the transit for their huge traffic flows. Netflix is in this category, for the same reason.

Can I place copyright infringements with Verizon to get people blocked?

Sure. 10 seconds of Googling found this link. BTW if you want to report someone for child pornography, go here.

Anyone can report anyone else, that's how it works... so if you have actual evidence that "we all know that the MPAA and RIAA use their internet connections for infringement" then you can report it and give them a taste of their own medicine and we all win. Looking forward to it!

Can I place copyright infringements with Verizon to get people blocked?

Sure. 10 seconds of Googling found this link. BTW if you want to report someone for child pornography, go here.

Anyone can report anyone else, that's how it works... so if you have actual evidence that "we all know that the MPAA and RIAA use their internet connections for infringement" then you can report it and give them a taste of their own medicine and we all win. Looking forward to it!

Hong Kong to US is about 150ms latency using conventional technology verizon. So taking your own example of needing 100 bits to transmit a useful message (I don't know if that is realistic), the message would need to be transmitted faster than 666bps just to break even with existing communications. Given the cost of neutrino detectors and the current state of technology it just doesn't seem likely.

Everyone preaches about the insider threat, even though less than 4% of all incidents come from insiders.. If you count by the number of breached records, insiders make up less than 1% of all breached records (though, arguably, they may be breaching records that are more valuable)

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/reports/rp_data-breach-investigations-report-2012_en_xg.pdf

This would be the Data Breach Investigations Report.

How is that a rise?

Basic economics would dictate that with supply being signicantly lower in 2010 than in 2008 (less data available on the black market), the demand for said data has gone up.

1. No, it's not the first. The 2010 Verizon Data Breach Report shows that 54% of successful attacks using malware used customized or custom-written malware, and that 97% of the data records stolen were done so with the use of custom malware.

2. Yes, we're going to see a lot of it. It's already begun, according the the engineer who dissected the industrial control code that stuxnet injected.

Nope. But some, obviously:

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/uk/products/internet/fios/

Were you trying to suggest that Verizon only do business in the US?

Verizon publishes a really interesting (downloads pdf) study on breaches every so often. While things are probably much different when it comes to actual banks, it mentions that 80% or so of the 'data' lost in breaches is actually coming from outsiders now a days.

Insiders still have the largest breaches, but the sheer number of outside breaches are dominating the current trends.

Here is a link to the actual report (PDF): http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/security/databreachreport.pdf

I quickly scanned the report and it appears to be quite detailed. Definitely required reading for any CxO!