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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 ===== |
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