toadlife
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Re: 1.2.3....
You do realize that Comcast doesn't actually own ANY of the internet backbone?
Comcast gets their connectivity from companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Level 3, just like everyone else.
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NormanS
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Re: 1.2.3....
said by toadlife  :You do realize that Comcast doesn't actually own ANY of the internet backbone? "C-Bone"? "I-Bone"? "T-Bone"? I've seen evidence that Comcast is building out their own national backbone.
Granted, they won't be selling transit to other services, and they aren't likely to be joining the nine "Settlement Free" Tier 1 networks.
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CCIE aswell
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said by toadlife :You do realize that Comcast doesn't actually own ANY of the internet backbone? Comcast gets their connectivity from companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Level 3, just like everyone else. Actually, Comcast has their own national backbone. |
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toadlife
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Lemoore, CA | Where is it? I've viewed various backbone maps over the years, and never seen *any* Cable company represented. |
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NormanS
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| Did any of those maps show the old SBCIS backbone?
You are aware that there is a Tier 1, "Settlement free" group of transit providers running backbones? And there are networks who buy transit from Tier 1 networks, but have other peering arrangements, which are called "Tier 2" networks? And everybody else buys transit from some other transit provider.
No cable company is a Tier 1 network; they don't trade packets ("Settlement free peering"), nor do they sell transit to other providers. They do have their own, internal backbones. It is entirely possible for a Comcast user to run on the Comcast network from coast to coast without traversing a Tier 1 "backbone" provider's network.
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CCIEaswell
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said by toadlife :Where is it? I've viewed various backbone maps over the years, and never seen *any* Cable company represented. »grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/hs···0107.pdf
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toadlife
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