Tier 2 network
Internet service provider leasing connectivity from one or more primary ("Tier 1") ISPs
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A Tier 2 network is an Internet service provider which engages in the practice of peering with other networks, but which also purchases IP transit to reach some portion of the Internet.[1]
Tier 2 providers are the most common Internet service providers, as it is much easier to purchase transit from a Tier 1 network than to peer with them and attempt to become a Tier 1 carrier.
The term Tier 3 is sometimes also used to describe networks who solely purchase IP transit from other networks to reach the Internet.
List of large or important Tier 2 networks
Name | AS Number | August 2021 degree[2][3] | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
Hurricane Electric | 6939 | 9243 | IPv4: Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299.[4] IPv6: Does not provide IPv6 routing/connectivity to Cogent/AS174.[5] |
Telkom Indonesia International | 7713 | 551 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914, Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762, Tata Communications/AS6453, Singtel/AS7473. |
RETN | 9002 | 1446 | Purchases transit from Level 3/AS3356, Purchases transit from Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762. |
next layer | 1764 | 987 | Purchases transit from Level 3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914, GTT/AS3257. |
meerfarbig | 34549 | 688 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299, Global Telecom & Technology (GTT) |
Korea Telecom | 4766 | 578 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299, Cogent/AS174, Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762. |
HGC Global | 9304 | 637 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, NTT America/AS2914, Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762, Tata Communications/AS6453. |
Fibrenoire | 22652 | 127 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299, Cogent/AS174, Tata Communications/AS6453, GTT/AS3257. |
SK broadband | 9318 | 537 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299, Cogent/AS174, NTT America/AS2914, Tata Communications/AS6453, PCCW Global/AS3491, Verizon/AS701. |
TDC | 3292 | 191 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299. |
Internet Initiative Japan | 2497 | 329 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, Verizon/AS701, NTT America/AS2914. |
Vodafone (formerly Cable and Wireless) | 1273 | 303 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299. |
KDDI | 2516 | 308 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299, Verizon/AS701, Global Telecom & Technology (GTT)/AS3257. |
PT Mora Telematika Indonesia | 23947 | 243 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, Global Telecom & Technology (GTT)/AS3257, Hurricane Electric/AS6939. |
China Telecom | 4134/4809 | 318 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, Verizon/AS701, Level3/AS3356. |
China Unicom | 4837 | 310 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, Verizon/AS701,Sprint/AS1239, Level3/AS3356, Orange S.A./AS5511. |
Chunghwa Telecom | 3462 | 364 | Purchases transit from Tata Communications/AS6453. |
British Telecom | 5400 | 151 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914. |
Comcast | 7922 | 192 | Purchases transit from Tata Communications/AS6453, NTT America/AS2914. |
Tele2 (formerly SWIPNet) | 1257 | 167 | Purchases transit from Sprint/AS1239, Cogent/AS174. |
KCOM Group | 12390 | 69 | Purchases transit from KPN/AS286, Level 3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, NTT America/AS2914. |
Spirit Communications | 2711 | 82 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914. |
Stealth Communications | 8002 | 47 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, NTT America/AS2914. |
Internap | 14744 | 33 | Purchases transit from Cogent/AS174, NTT America/AS2914, Verizon/AS701. |
FiberRing | 38930 | 35 | Purchases transit from NTT America/AS2914, Arelion/AS1299, Tata Communications/AS6453, Cogent/AS174. |
Core-Backbone GmbH | 33891 | 1311 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299. |
Fiber Telecom | 41327 | 2145 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, GTT/AS3257, Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762, Arelion/AS1299. |
Singtel | 7473 | 359 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299, Zayo/AS6461, Tata Communications/AS6453 and PCCW Global/AS3491. |
SG.GS | 24482 | 417 | Purchases IP transit from NTT America/AS2914, Cogent/AS174 and Tata Communications/AS6453. |
Turk Telekom International (d/b/a Euroweb.ro) | 9121/6663 | 250 | Purchases IP transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914, Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier/AS3320, China Telecom/AS4134&AS4809. |
EdgeUno | 7195 | 758 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Cogent/AS174, Arelion/AS1299, NTT America/AS2914. |
See also
References
- ^ Norton, William B. "What is a Tier 2 ISP?". DrPeering. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "AS Rank: A ranking of the largest Autonomous Systems (AS) in the Internet". asrank.caida.org.
- ^ Visualizing Internet Topology at a Macroscopic Scale April 2005
- ^ "CAIDA AS Rank". 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Cogent - Google - HE Fun". 2016-03-09.
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