[10977] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: tiers? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danny)
Thu Jul 17 21:10:50 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:09:13 +0000
From: Danny <danny@UPT.ORG>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Does everyone agree with this, it's the only response I have received
thus far (and according to the list, the sender works for a tier 1 provider).
[snip]
Tier 1: _Owns the fiber_, Multiple coast to coast paths of significant bandwidth
Tier 2: Reseller, Major connections (DS3/OC3) to multiple tier 1 providers.
Possibly: Major connections to one (1) tier 1 provider.
Tier 3: Everybody else.
>
> Anyone care to take a stab at what places a provider in
> a given "tier-group"? Seems to me as though the large(st)
> providers are a bit harsher (naturally) than the smaller
> providers.
