On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:40:10PM +0000, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:41PM +0100, Simon Lockhart wrote:
I believe that "Tier-1" no longer means anything. It was a term that had meaning when the government got out of the business of running NSFNet, and created "Tier-1 Providers" that connected to "Tier-2 Providers". At that time (if perhaps only for a fairly brief time) there were actual defined tiers, and they ment something.
There was never any governmental sanction of the term or concept of tier anything associate with the NSFnet or its transition.
And this is definately a good thing. I don't think I would want to see my tax money being used by the Department of Standards to define "Tier-1". Thanks- Rachel -- I must admit, you have brought Religion in my life. I never believed in Hell until I met you.