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  2. Tier 1 network - Wikipedia

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    A Tier 1 network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network that can reach every other network on the Internet solely via settlement-free interconnection (also known as settlement-free peering). [1] [2] Tier 1 networks can exchange traffic with other Tier 1 networks without paying any fees for the exchange of traffic in either direction. [3]

  3. Internet backbone - Wikipedia

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    Internet service providers (ISPs) participate in Internet backbone traffic through privately negotiated interconnection agreements, primarily governed by the principle of settlement-free peering. The Internet, and consequently its backbone networks, do not rely on central control or coordinating facilities, nor do they implement any global ...

  4. Internet service provider - Wikipedia

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    Tier 2 ISPs depend on Tier 1 ISPs and often have their own networks, but must pay for transit or internet access to Tier 1 ISPs, but may peer or send transit without paying, to other Tier 2 ISPs. Tier 3 ISPs do not engage in peering and only purchase transit from Tier 2 and Tier 1 ISPs, and often specialize in offering internet service to end ...

  5. Peering - Wikipedia

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    Example Tier 1 Peering Requirements: AT&T (AS7018) Example Tier 1 Peering Requirements: AOL Transit Data Network (AS1668) Example Tier 2 Peering Requirements: Entanet (AS8468) Cybertelecom :: Backbones – Federal Internet Law and Policy; How the 'Net works: an introduction into Peering and Transit, Ars Technica

  6. Talk:List of tier 1 internet service providers - Wikipedia

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    Tier 1 ISPs are also characterized by being: Directly connected to each of the other tier-1 ISPs; Connected to a large number of tier-2 ISPs and other customer networks; International in coverage. Tier 1 ISPs are also known as Internet backbone networks. As of this writing, UUNet (a subsidiary of WorldCom) is the largest Tier 1 ISP; other major ...

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  8. Internet transit - Wikipedia

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    Transit is distinct from peering, in which only traffic between the two ISPs and their downstream customers is exchanged and neither ISP can see upstream routes over the peering connection. A transit free network uses only peering; a network that uses only unpaid peering and connects to the whole Internet is considered a Tier 1 network. [1]

  9. Internet exchange point - Wikipedia

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    NSFNet Internet architecture, c. 1995. Internet exchange points began as Network Access Points or NAPs, a key component of Al Gore's National Information Infrastructure (NII) plan, which defined the transition from the US Government-paid-for NSFNET era (when Internet access was government sponsored and commercial traffic was prohibited) to the commercial Internet of today.