Re: T1 vs. T2 [WAS: Apology: [Tier-2 reachability and multihoming]]

[Patrick W Gilmore <patrick () ianai net>]

On Mar 28, 2005, at 8:29 PM, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

> > and if you peer with all networks in the 'transit free zone' then you 
> > too become
> > transit free also.
>
>         er.. hate to rain on your parade but if I peer with everyone
>         i need/want to exchange traffic with, i am transit-free, even
>         if I -NEVER- touch any other part of the commercial Internet...
>         my packets get to where they need to go and all packets I want
>         get to me.  my life is good ... even if I only appear as vestigal
>         to the commercial Internet, if I appear at all.

Absolutely correct.


>         how would you classify such a network?  T1, T2, ODDBALL-0,
>         non-Internet-265, ???

I doubt it is a tier.  I am certain it is not an "Internet" network if 
it does not have connectivity to substantially all other Internet 
networks.

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TTFN,
patrick