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peering-toolbox:what-is-peering:the_internet_eco-system [2023/03/27 10:58] – [Content Distribution Networks] philippeering-toolbox:what-is-peering:the_internet_eco-system [2023/03/27 11:26] (current) – [Access Providers] philip
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 Some Access Providers may also provide transit to other (smaller) Access Providers. Some Access Providers may also provide transit to other (smaller) Access Providers.
  
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 ===== Regional Providers ===== ===== Regional Providers =====
 Have a presence in many economies. They provide transit to Access Providers, and may be Access Providers themselves (either directly or through specific local subsidiaries).  Have a presence in many economies. They provide transit to Access Providers, and may be Access Providers themselves (either directly or through specific local subsidiaries). 
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 They buy transit from their upstream providers and usually participate at Internet Exchange Points. They buy transit from their upstream providers and usually participate at Internet Exchange Points.
  
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 ===== Global Providers ===== ===== Global Providers =====
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 Content Providers who operate their own CDN use the same approach but the content distributed by their CDN is specific to just the Content Provider itself. Content Providers who operate their own CDN use the same approach but the content distributed by their CDN is specific to just the Content Provider itself.
  
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 +In the diagram, one Access Provider at IXP A hosts an embedded cache from CDN 1, and an Access Provider at IXP B hosts an embedded cache from CDN 3. Two other Access Providers only have a PNI with CDNs at the IXPs (no embedded cache server), and the other two Access Providers simply peer across the IX fabric (no PNI and no embedded cache server). 
  
 ===== Internet Exchange Points ===== ===== Internet Exchange Points =====
peering-toolbox/what-is-peering/the_internet_eco-system.1679875123.txt.gz · Last modified: 2023/03/27 10:58 by philip