Tier1 blackholing policy?

Tue Apr 30 16:41:19 UTC 2013

Composed on a virtual keyboard, please forgive typos. 

On Apr 30, 2013, at 12:32, Thomas Schmid <schmid at dfn.de> wrote:
> Am 30.04.2013 17:53, schrieb Patrick W. Gilmore:

>> "Core"? Seriously? Which of these statements are true: A) Is it impossible for an end user or business (i.e. non-ISP) to get a direct connection to a "Tier 1" (whatever the hell that means) provider. B) Most traffic on the Internet traverses Tier 1s today. C) A Tier 1 has a different profit motive than a Tier 2 (whatever the hell that means) providers. D) All Tier 1 providers are larger than all Tier 2 providers. We'll just skip over the E) all of the above.
> 
> agree - I oversimplified, but I think you got the idea ...

No, I did not get the point. 

I am not trolling. I just do not understand what you meant. Probably because there is no "core", so your statement did not make sense.

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TTFN,
patrick