Re: Peering Table Question

["Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy () knowledge com>]

> They detailed private and public peering (see their tables).  They did it
> using MIDS which did 1.2 million traceroutes from various beacons located
> thruout the Internet.
>
> Very easy to determine who is a tier-1 and tier-2 ISP.

I still do not understand what this pseudo-marketing distinction is. May I
conjecture, in the light of the current discussion, that a "tier 1" ISP is
one which makes a net profit from "peering" and a "tier 2" is one that does
not ? Or is it that a "tier 2" ISP has real customers ?

Peter