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

Tue Jun 12 04:16:40 UTC 2001

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> 
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, J.D. Falk wrote:
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> > 	Well, for one thing, "transit-free" doesn't mean that you
> > 	can route to all the other "transit-free" providers....
> 
> Unless you do what BBN/GTE/Genuity did during the period where they phased
> in (or was it out?) the ex-Genuity datacenters.  We found lots of traffic
> heading out Sprint.  I recall someone else mentioning that Exodus and
> Above used Sprint as their "backup transit" even though all the above
> networks are "Tier 1".  We never got a clear answer from the noc on why
> the then BBN would not purchase transit for itself from itself.
> 
> Out of curiousity, why is Sprint the common thread in these three
> datacenter network cases?


	Perhaps it was the 192.0.0.0/3 entry in the old RADB that
	Sprint entered?


> 
> Charles
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