Re: Tier 2 - Lease?

[Robert Sherrard <rob () robsherrard com>]

Sorry... I should have clarified, I wasn't thinking it had anything to 
do w/ fiber or no fiber... that was just a secondary question.

Rob

Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:38:22PM -0700, Robert Sherrard wrote:
>   
> > What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider...
> >
> > Is it possible to determine who a tier 2 (i.e. Cogent) leases fiber from?
> >     
>
> It has absolutely nothing to do with fiber.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_carrier
>
> As of this exact moment that I'm posting, that article is actually 
> reasonably accurate. Of course I'm sure in 5 minutes 100 people will be 
> updating it to include their favorite not-really-a-tier-1 carrier. :)
>
>