Re: Tier 2 - Lease?

[Robert Sherrard]

Sorry... I should have clarified, I wasn't thinking it had anything to do w/ fiber or no fiber... that was just a secondary question. Rob Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:38:22PM -0700, Robert Sherrard wrote: What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider... Is it possible to determine who a tier 2 (i.e. Cogent) leases fiber from? It has absolutely nothing to do with fiber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_carrier As of this exact moment that I'm posting, that article is actually reasonably accurate. Of course I'm sure in 5 minutes 100 people will be updating it to include their favorite not-really-a-tier-1 carrier. :)