non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1)

Tue Jun 12 02:18:53 UTC 2001

On 06/11/01, "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam at noc.everquick.net> wrote: 

> 
> > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Travis Pugh <tpugh at shore.net>
> > 
> > That sales BS is probably prompted by customers telling sales people
> > that they won't buy service from anyone but a "tier 1" provider.  This
> > leads to many creative definitions of tier 1.
> 
> So, how firm is the "transit-free" definition?  (That's what I always
> thought was the proper definition, but it's been obliterated in the past
> couple of years...)  Firm enough to slap abusers with false advertising
> suits? ;-P

	Well, for one thing, "transit-free" doesn't mean that you
	can route to all the other "transit-free" providers....

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