Question

14. As we learned, a Tier-1 network usually has a very large scale and a great number of direct and indirect customers. What "indirect customers" mean? Can you determine a network as Tier-1 by its scale or size? If not, how?(10 points)

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Tier-1 network usually has a very large scale and a great number of direct and indirect customers. Tier -1 network is the large network generally being used for government related projects or large corporate related projects. The tier -1 network cover large consumers and many customers are uses the network service from the tier-1 network. Tier-1 network being used by many big network service providers and these service network providers provide the network service to many dealers, retailers and infividual users based on the need or size of the network needed. Thus we can say that a large chain of customer is being linked with the tier1 network. So tier-1 network has direct customers, who purchase the services directly from the tier-1 network service provider and there are many indirect customers who are purchasing the tier-1network service from their customers at level 2, level 3, level 4 etc. Thus the level 1 customers who have direct purchase contact with tier-1 service provider are the direct customers and level 2, 3 & 4 are the indirect customers who do not have direct purchase from the tier -1 network service provider, but they purchase network from the level -1 customers. Thus all they make a large chain of customers who depends upon the tier-1 network service provider.

Indirect customer means: Indirect customer means the customer who are using the tier-1 network service but they do not purchase directly from the tier-1 network service provider but they purchase from the level 1 customers or service provider who purchases from tier-1 network and sells to other users of network services. Thus we can say that indirect customer uses the tier-1 network services but they do not purchase directly from the main tier -1 network service provider, but they purchase from their down level dealers/retailers who distributes to these low volume network customers. Thus all these customers falls under the category of indirect customers for tier- network.

No we cannot determine a network as Tier-1 by its scale or size because the tier-1 network is determined by other factors like network speed, consumption and server capacity etc.