Internet Exchange Questions

Tue Mar 19 09:56:40 UTC 2002

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 04:40:20PM -0800,
 Jon Bennett <jonb200192865 at yahoo.com> wrote 
 a message of 21 lines which said:

> buy PAIX and if there is a way to continue to make money selling
> cross connects in the future.

Not all exchange points are built with the idea of making money. Some
are gratis and some are cheap, with the purpose of improving
connectivity, not making money with the IX. In Paris, France, two IX
(FreeIX and Pouix, may be three with the Sfinx, which is not a
profit-maker) are explicitely built with that aim.