[90144] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tier 2 - Lease?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Wed May 3 01:59:05 2006
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 01:58:37 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Robert Sherrard <rob@robsherrard.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <445841CE.8090701@robsherrard.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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. :)
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