Tier 2 network
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A Tier 2 network is an
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 |
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| 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 /AS7473. |
| RETN | 9002 | 1446 | Purchases transit from Level 3/AS3356. |
| next layer | 1764 | 987 | Purchases transit from GTT /AS3257.
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| meerfarbig | 34549 | 688 | Purchases transit from Global Telecom & Technology (GTT)
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| Korea Telecom | 4766 | 578 | Purchases transit from Telecom Italia Sparkle /AS6762.
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| HGC Global | 9304 | 637 | Purchases transit from Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762, Tata Communications /AS6453.
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| Fibrenoire | 22652 | 127 | Purchases transit from GTT /AS3257.
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| SK broadband | 9318 | 537 | Purchases transit from /AS701. |
TDC
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3292 | 191 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299. |
| Internet Initiative Japan | 2497 | 329 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Vodafone (formerly Cable and Wireless) | 1273 | 303 | Purchases transit from Arelion/AS1299. |
| KDDI | 2516 | 308 | Purchases transit from Global Telecom & Technology (GTT) /AS3257.
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| PT Mora Telematika Indonesia | 23947 | 243 | Purchases transit from Global Telecom & Technology (GTT)/AS3257, Hurricane Electric /AS6939.
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| 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
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5400 | 151 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Comcast | 7922 | 192 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Tele2 (formerly SWIPNet) | 1257 | 167 | Purchases transit from Sprint/AS1239, Cogent/AS174. |
| KCOM Group | 12390 | 69 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Spirit Communications | 2711 | 82 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Stealth Communications | 8002 | 47 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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| Internap | 14744 | 33 | Purchases transit from NTT America/AS2914, Verizon /AS701.
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| FiberRing | 38930 | 35 | Purchases transit from /AS174. |
| Core-Backbone GmbH | 33891 | 1311 | Purchases transit from Level3/AS3356, Arelion/AS1299. |
| Fiber Telecom | 41327 | 2145 | Purchases transit from GTT/AS3257, Telecom Italia Sparkle/AS6762, Arelion /AS1299.
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| 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.
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| Turk Telekom International (d/b/a Euroweb.ro) |
9121/6663 | 250 | Purchases IP transit from NTT America/AS2914, Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier/AS3320, China Telecom /AS4134&AS4809.
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| EdgeUno | 7195 | 758 | Purchases transit from NTT America /AS2914.
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See also
- Peering
- Network access point
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.