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> If you have an ISP which is diversely connected to all other(?)
> tier-1 providers, and has a peering relationship such that the other
^ settlement-free
> tier-1s only announce the ISP's routes to their customers, then it would seem
> the ISP is from a technical standpoint a tier-1 provider.
> IMO as an engineer and not a marketeer, who pays who should not have
> bearing on that definition, though I agree that the "doesn't pay"
> definition is the one I am familiar with.
as this is nanog, not nanmg, let's stick to the old definition.
randy
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