On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
Just remember that Broadwing is not actually a Tier 1 provider. They are a Tier 2 striving to become a Tier 1. When I was looking at them, I found that you could obtain just as good or better pricing from an actual Tier 1 provider. Check out Exodus, Verio, and Genuity. Last I checked they were offering some seriously competitive pricing on OCs.
what does Tier1 have to do with anything? it JUST might be a good thing to be able to have a default route to another player if things start breaking. the other providers are good, but i dont think tier1,2,3 matter anymore. what should matter is how they are connected and if they will have latency on any of their links or links to other players. Christian