Tier-1 Internet backbone

Tier-1 Internet backbone definition - finance
A system for connecting users to the Internet. A Tier-1 Internet backbone has multiple direct connections to other Internet backbones that are geographically dispersed. These connections allow Tier-1 Internet backbones to transfer data much faster and more reliably that other methods.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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