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> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:24:25 -0400 > From: RJ Atkinson <[email protected]> > > Curious. I've never heard that definition of Tier-1 before. > The common definition is "doesn't pay any other ISP to exchange routes > and traffic", or so I've thought for the past decade. I've seen people colo'ed at AboveNet and Exodus claiming to be "Tier-1" themselves. IMESHO, "Tier-1" = provider who wishes to believe that they are something special, but cannot provide any facts to substantiate their claim... hence they resort to vaguely-defined-at-best sales BS. Even if we were a "Tier-1" provider, I'd not want to use that term. What is the point in bragging about something with no standard definition? Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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