where do isp's servers connect to?

[imported_itr]

do all isp's connect to a central location? also, about what are the specs for one of these servers?

 

[Slvrtg277]

Huh? What kind of servers?

 

[KLin]

They connect to the internet.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: KLin
They connect to the internet.

you took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[thirdlegstump]

......if they can do it, why can't we?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
......if they can do it, why can't we?

who's stopping you from renting out space in a noc and buying a server?

 

[40Hands]

Diagram:

You<------>Internet

Questions? Fvck off.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: deathkoba
......if they can do it, why can't we?

who's stopping you from renting out space in a noc and buying a server?

wut is noc?

 

[intogamer]

it makes a loop;D

 

[40Hands]

noc

 

[nageov3t]

noc

 

[Martin]

basicly, each other. Smaller ISPs connect to larger ones and the larger ISPs connect with each other through public and private peering points.

 

[Skiddex]

see if you look at most diagrams of how the internet works, your comptuer connects to the ISP and the isp connects to a white cloud. in this white cloud is the internet. make more sense now?

 

[thirdlegstump]

THE NOC LIST!

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Martin
basicly, each other. Smaller ISPs connect to larger ones and the larger ISPs connect with each other through public and private peering points.

a few large companies run the "back bones" of the internet, the largest pipes that are commercially available to tap large data centers into

http://navigators.com/isp.html

UUNet/MCI runs the most backbones which is one reason they weren't "allowed" to go out of business when they went bankrupt (as worldcom)

that link might be old info, but you get the idea

 

[Homerboy]

why would I put a server in a noc? Do you even know what a noc is?
FoBoT and Martin are the only ones to even get a percentage of the answer correct (for that they get a )

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Here's an analogy for you:
Your house (computer) connects to a road (ISP) via a driveway (phoneline).
The road (ISP) connects to a freeway (major service providor)
The freeways interconnect in a way that very rarely is there ever only one way around.

You can put a house on the freeway with just a driveway, but then you have to pay for the installation and maintenance of the on/off ramps, overpasses, etc. Something very few people would be willing to do for a house.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

3 tiers, depending on how big of a fish the isp is depends how high up they tap into