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Re: Why so little traffic from C&W
- From: Rachel Warren
- Date: Sun Jun 10 22:06:01 2001
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:40:10PM +0000, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:41PM +0100, Simon Lockhart wrote:
> >
> > I believe that "Tier-1" no longer means anything. It was a term
> > that had meaning when the government got out of the business of
> > running NSFNet, and created "Tier-1 Providers" that connected to
> > "Tier-2 Providers". At that time (if perhaps only for a fairly
> > brief time) there were actual defined tiers, and they ment something.
>
> There was never any governmental sanction of the term or
> concept of tier anything associate with the NSFnet or its
> transition.
And this is definately a good thing. I don't think I would want to
see my tax money being used by the Department of Standards to define
"Tier-1".
Thanks-
Rachel
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I must admit, you have brought Religion in my life. I never believed
in Hell until I met you.
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