[87300] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Two Tiered Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil J. McRae)
Wed Dec 14 05:57:49 2005
From: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@DOMINO.ORG>
To: <Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:57:29 -0000
In-Reply-To: <OF68A1F92A.5303C2BD-ON802570D7.003B43B0-802570D7.003BECAA@btradianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> This
> unobstructed network was pioneered by Sprint on it's zero-CIR
> frame relay network and they carried this forward into their
> IP network as well. Other companies have carried forward this
> architecture as well.
If I understand you correctly I highly doubt this is the case. If every
customer suddenly was to use the maximum link speed of their
access pipes I would be very surprised if all the traffic would be carried.
On the subject of tiered Internet you could argue that mobile/celluar
access to the Internet is another tier.
Regards,
Neil
