So if I buy transit from players like Internap / Opnix & implement
a similar system, am I tier-1, tier--1, or the victim of meaningless
marketing hype?
I'm sure both companies have fabulous and wonderful technologies,
however in today's world of democratized terminology, seems to me
anyone can be any tier they want to be (man). 'Tier 1' is now
about as useful as the those restaurant menu descriptions which
helpfully describe the dish in question with an equally otiose
'delicious'.
The "Tier-n" argument is never-ending. I think the bottom-line is that (no
offense) marketing people like it, engineers hate it.
When discussing Opnix, I won't use the "Tier-0" stuff. I prefer to just
stick with discussing our Internet/route intelligence technologies -- not
basic network architecture.
In the end, given all the "Tier-n" hype (good word, BTW), its probably
best to just ignore any sentence with the word "tier" in it and read the
rest.
So if I buy transit from players like Internap / Opnix & implement
a similar system, am I tier-1, tier--1, or the victim of meaningless
marketing hype?
You should really be looking for a sun-dried Tier-0 that offers fire-roasted
packet delivery. I hear those things are really hot right now.
