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by TheCoelacanth 4351 days ago
Transit - I send you data and you deliver it to another ISP or backbone provider.

Not transit - I send you data and you deliver it to someone in your own network.
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kentonv 4350 days ago
Yeah, the thing is, I don't consider myself to be part of my ISP's network. I consider my ISP to be "transit"ing packets from the internet to my network. :) But I guess that's not the accepted definition.
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