tiers? (fwd)

Thu Jul 17 18:09:13 UTC 1997

Does everyone agree with this, it's the only response I have received 
thus far (and according to the list, the sender works for a tier 1 provider).

[snip]

Tier 1: _Owns the fiber_, Multiple coast to coast paths of significant bandwidth
Tier 2: Reseller, Major connections (DS3/OC3) to multiple tier 1 providers.
	Possibly: Major connections to one (1) tier 1 provider.
Tier 3: Everybody else.

> 
> Anyone care to take a stab at what places a provider in 
> a given "tier-group"?  Seems to me as though the large(st) 
> providers are a bit harsher (naturally) than the smaller 
> providers.