Why so many exit nodes in Absecon, New Jersey?

[Runa A. Sandvik]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Bobby Butter <butterbobby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I was looking through http://torstatus.blutmagie.de and I find it most interesting that so many exit nodes are located at Absecon, New Jersey.
>
> These are:
>
> 3VXRyxz67OeRoqHn - li231-44.members.linode.com - 173.255.221.44
> agnodicelabnet1 - tor-exit-2.lab.net - 173.255.238.178
> colagioia - tor.colagioia.net - 72.14.179.10
> gribule - gribule.nick.on.net - 72.14.189.49
> ErecTor - li90-241.members.linode.com - 74.207.248.241
> hypatialabnet1 - tor-exit-1.lab.net - 173.255.211.187
> mentor - janus.misfeature.net - 72.14.177.164
> kznx - tor.johnboehr.net - 173.230.152.102
> SpecTor - li110-171.members.linode.com - 69.164.195.171
> PIis3141592 - tor-proxy.l.egofuzzer.net - 173.255.212.184
>
> Accoring to Wikipedia Absecon has a population of under 10,000 people.
>
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Absecon,_New_Jersey
>
> Does anyone know why there is such a concentration of nodes in this one small place?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linode -- "Linode (an abbreviation for
Linux Node) is a Web application hosting and cloud computing provider
based in Galloway Township, New Jersey".

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Runa A. Sandvik
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