[90160] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tier 2 - Lease?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Wed May 3 12:46:12 2006
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 09:45:43 -0700
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: rob@robsherrard.com, nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <445841CE.8090701@robsherrard.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Robert Sherrard wrote:
>
> What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider...
"We are a tier 1 provider" = "I am a salesperson."
"They are a tier 2 provider." = "I am a salesperson and they are our
competitor".
> Is it possible to determine who a tier 2 (i.e. Cogent) leases fiber from?
Ask them. They may not tell you (or know, depending on who you are
talking to.)
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