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TorIX is a great example of a not for profit IX that is very
successful.<br><br>
<a href="https://www.torix.ca/" eudora="autourl">https://www.torix.ca/</a>
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A very dedicated team of people provide an incredible level of
service.<br><br>
Thave a very transparent process. Their pricing is listed up front
on their website:<br><br>
<a href="https://www.torix.ca/peering/#pricing" eudora="autourl">
https://www.torix.ca/peering/#pricing</a><br><br>
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At 09:03 AM 21/12/2018, Mike Hammett wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">As far as neutral, I meant
separate from the datacenters in which they're housed. People in NA seem
to think there are only two kinds of IXes, Equinix, DRT, Coresite types
and NWAX, SIX, MICE types.<br><br>
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Mike Hammett<br>
<a href="http://www.ics-il.com/">Intelligent Computing
Solutions</a><br><br>
<a href="http://www.midwest-ix.com/">Midwest Internet
Exchange</a><br><br>
<a href="http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/">The Brothers WISP</a><br><br>
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<b>From: </b>"Tim Raphael"
<raphael.timothy@gmail.com><br>
<b>To: </b>"NANOG Mailing List" <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, December 20, 2018 8:39:42 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Non-profit IX vs. neutral for-profit IX<br><br>
The other point to consider is that a NFP can justify more locations and
offer services (such as extended reach) that don’t have the same profit
margins or ROI as for-profits.<br>
This often leads to greater value to those with smaller networks and
fewer customers allowing them to grow and expand without increased
aggregation or transit costs. This in-turn leads to a richer array of
providers and chips away at the monopolies in niche markets.<br><br>
The NFP IXP I work for focuses on providing value to the broader
community and the Internet as a whole - especially somewhere like
Australia which has unique constraints.<br><br>
Additionally, “Neutral” and For-Profit doesn’t always compute in my
mind, there will always be commercial alliances that lead to not-total
neutrality.<br>
When a NFP is owned by it’s members there has to be 100% transparency
in organisational decisions around member funds and resources which
ensures accountability reliability.<br><br>
- Tim<br><br>
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> On 21 Dec 2018, at 3:58 am, Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 12/20/2018 12:51 PM, Aaron wrote:<br>
>> Probably price. Also perception of value. If you're
a for profit enterprise then they're paying for interconnection plus your
bump. If you're non-profit the perception is that there is a larger
value because there's no bump. Whether that's true or not, who
knows but that's the perception I've heard.<br>
> <br>
> Depending on the size of the non-profit, I'd almost compare it to
how the hospitals are here in Boise.<br>
> <br>
> The non-profits are oversized, monopolistic, price gouging,
etc. Their care can be pretty meh, esp since they bought up all the
little independent clinics (yay, ER pricing for a basic family clinic
visit).<br>
> <br>
> The for-profit smaller clinics and hospitals run a pretty tight
ship, better value for their money, service is very good, and compete
with one another for who has the best service.<br>
> <br>
> People think they are getting 'better' because they are going to a
place that is supposed to be run to benefit people over profit, but alas,
you'd be very very wrong.<br>
> -- <br>
> Brielle Bruns<br>
> The Summit Open Source Development Group<br>
>
<a href="http://www.sosdg.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.sosdg.org</a>
/
<a href="http://www.ahbl.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.ahbl.org</a>
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> <br><br>
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Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi)<br>
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