Talk:Tier 2 network

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Contents 1 Marketing 2 Change name to Tier 2 carrier 3 Is SAVVIS tier 1 or tier 2? 4 Contradiction? 5 Clearing something up 6 List of Medium Sized International Tier 2 IPv4 ISPs

[edit] Marketing

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Many people are of the opinion that Tier 2 carriers are more stable and cost less than Tier 1 carriers, but that isn't always true. Tier 2 carriers may not have redundant fiber paths and may not have multiple nodes. They may even use just one Tier 1 carrier, limiting them to bouncing back up in a fiber cut or outage by that provider. Of course, there are Tier 2 carriers who use multiple providers and are more stable than other Tier 2 carriers.

This sounds more like a marketing pitch than a helpful tidbit about what Tier 2 carriers are. For further explaination, see the Tier 1 carrier article. Removed section.

[edit] Change name to Tier 2 carrier

I think that this article's name should be Tier 2 carrier instead of Tier 2 Carrier because the article on Tier 1 is called Tier 1 carrier and not Tier 1 Carrier. In either case the case should match for both articles.--b4hand 22:00, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Article has now been moved by Marudubshinki --Lox (t,c) 21:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is SAVVIS tier 1 or tier 2?

BTN AS3491 is a tier 2 because it buys from SAVVIS. However, SAVVIS itself is also mentioned in the list. That seems wrong to me. --213.196.5.160 07:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction?

According to this article, Connexions 4 London buys transit from Tiscali and Abovenet. However, according to the Tier 1 network article, they aren't Tier 1 networks.

[edit] Clearing something up

For the record, you can be a Tier 2, and buy transit from another Tier 2 provider, who in turn buys transit (be it from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 provider). Cogent is a good example, as it is Tier 2 (transit from Verio), and other networks can be classified as Tier 2 as they buy transit from them, but peer with other networks and sell transit. Hope this cleared up any confusion :) 60.234.212.157 09:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Medium Sized International Tier 2 IPv4 ISPs

I've removed this section; it's futile as the list could run on to thousands of ISPs. Will-h 18:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)