[165262] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Evaluating Tier 1 Internet providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Aug 27 17:03:20 2013
To: "Eric Louie" <elouie@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:45:34 -0700."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:02:30 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:45:34 -0700, "Eric Louie" said:
> That's a good point with the Tier 2 providers. So that begs the question,
> why wouldn't I just get my upstream from a Tier 2? (Because my management
> is under the perception that we're better off with Tier 1 providers, but
> that doesn't mean their perception is accurate)
The good thing about your upstream being a Tier 2 is that it usually means
that if somebody's baking a peering cake, you're not one of the AS's that's
suffering.
Hmmm... if you're going for a connection to a Tier 1, maybe "peering cakes
per decade" is a valid criterion?
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