[90145] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tier 2 - Lease?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Sherrard)
Wed May 3 02:04:17 2006
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 23:00:57 -0700
From: Robert Sherrard <rob@robsherrard.com>
Reply-To: rob@robsherrard.com
To: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
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Sorry... I should have clarified, I wasn't thinking it had anything to
do w/ fiber or no fiber... that was just a secondary question.
Rob
Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> 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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Sorry... I should have clarified, I wasn't thinking it had anything to
do w/ fiber or no fiber... that was just a secondary question.<br>
<br>
Rob<br>
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Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:38:22PM -0700, Robert Sherrard wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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?
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It has absolutely nothing to do with fiber.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_carrier">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_carrier</a>
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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