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Re: Definition of Tier-1
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:09:26 -0400
If you have an ISP which is diversely connected to all other(?) tier-1 providers, and has a peering relationship such that the other
^ settlement-free
tier-1s only announce the ISP's routes to their customers, then it would seem the ISP is from a technical standpoint a tier-1 provider.
IMO as an engineer and not a marketeer, who pays who should not have bearing on that definition, though I agree that the "doesn't pay" definition is the one I am familiar with.
as this is nanog, not nanmg, let's stick to the old definition. randy
Current thread:
- Re: Definition of Tier-1, (continued)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 RJ Atkinson (Jun 08)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 E.B. Dreger (Jun 08)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 Travis Pugh (Jun 08)
- non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1) E.B. Dreger (Jun 11)
- Re: non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1) Travis Pugh (Jun 11)
- Re: non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1) J.D. Falk (Jun 11)
- Re: non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1) Charles Sprickman (Jun 11)
- Re: non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1) bmanning (Jun 11)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 J.D. Falk (Jun 08)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 Austin Schutz (Jun 08)
- Re: Definition of Tier-1 Randy Bush (Jun 08)