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Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts
From: Dave Israel <davei () otd com>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:12:02 -0500
Rod Beck wrote:
And a 'Tier One' nework is a transit-free network that can reach all end points (end user IP addresses)
A "Tier One" is best defined as "the ISP the salesman represents." It originally referred to transit-free, settlement-free ISPs, but over time, bigger ISPs began to play with the definition to try to differentiate themselves from the smaller ISPs that did not have the reach they had, and smaller players began glossing over paid peering and similar arrangements and claiming Tier One status. Since there's no formal definition, anybody can claim they are Tier One or that somebody else is not. Don't trust the term.
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- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Tore Anderson (Nov 03)
- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 03)
- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Tore Anderson (Nov 03)
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- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Seth Mattinen (Nov 03)
- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts William Herrin (Nov 03)
- RE: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Rod Beck (Nov 03)
- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Dave Israel (Nov 03)
- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 03)
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- Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 03)
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