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On 06/08/01, RJ Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > At 17:43 07/06/01, J.D. Falk wrote: > > 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. > > 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. You know...the fact that nobody else has heard of it is making me start to think that I must've fallen for marketing drivel from a previous employer. See how insidious this stuff is? -- J.D. Falk SILENCE IS FOO! <[email protected]>
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