Introduction1-43 Internet Structure: Network of Networks  Tier-3 ISPs and local ISPs  Last hop ( access ) network (closest to end systems) Tier 1 ISP Tier-2 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP Tier 3 ISP local ISP local ISP local ISP Local and tier- 3 ISPs are customers of higher tier ISPs connecting them to rest of Internet
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