You don't have to be a tier-1 though. If you can get allocated an IP address block (through a centralised process) there are no rules about how you connect it or where you advertise it and there is no police to stop you connecting to all your friends with direct fibers.
You don't have to be a tier-1 though. If you can get allocated an IP address block (through a centralised process) there are no rules about how you connect it or where you advertise it and there is no police to stop you connecting to all your friends with direct fibers.