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JD wrote: >Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe the whole structure of tier1, tier2 etc is breaking down and >> everybody is going after all customers, and that this will have >> interesting implications in the future. > > Breaking down? It used to be that anyone connected directly > to an exchange point was tier one, and the tiers are pretty > obvious beyond that. Now that everyone's at the exchanges, > "tier one" is simply a marketing term. To "an" exchange point? It certainly didn't start out that way; in the 93-94 timeframe it was pretty clear tier 1's brought their bandwidth around the country and connected wherever possible, not just at one point. I have to agree that the "structure" is breaking down, if nothing else because people don't agree with what the definitions are (though, a coherent case can be made that we never did... like peering policies spinning in the wind, definitions have changed a lot over the years). -george william herbert [email protected]
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