[10980] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: tiers? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Jul 17 22:14:55 1997
From: owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US (Owen DeLong)
To: danny@UPT.ORG (Danny)
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9707171846.C1706-0100000@upt> from "Danny" at Jul 17, 97 06:09:13 pm
> 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
I don't think OWNS THE FIBER applies, but the rest is valid. I think a major
connotation to Tier 1 is "DEFAULT FREE"... That is they do not need a default
route to handle routes they don't receive through peering relationships.
> 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.
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> >
> > 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.
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