24 Apr
2000
24 Apr
'00
9:29 a.m.
I still do not understand what this pseudo-marketing distinction is.
i wonder if there is a reason. actually, i don't wonder.
May I conjecture, in the light of the current discussion, that a "tier 1" ISP is one which makes a net profit from "peering" and a "tier 2" is one that does not ? Or is it that a "tier 2" ISP has real customers ?
teir-1s don't pay for routing to anywhere. tier-2s pay for routes from tier-1s and may also pay for transit. tier-1s seem to have the majority of the customers. this may be good or bad. but it's the terminology we've been using for about seven years now. of course tier-Ns, where N is greater than 1, seem to have an interest in distorting it. big surprise. randy