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. 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.
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. Additionally, “Neutral” and For-Profit doesn’t always compute in my mind, there will always be commercial alliances that lead to not-total neutrality. 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. - Tim > On 21 Dec 2018, at 3:58 am, Brielle Bruns <br...@2mbit.com> wrote: > > On 12/20/2018 12:51 PM, Aaron wrote: >> 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. > > Depending on the size of the non-profit, I'd almost compare it to how the > hospitals are here in Boise. > > 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). > > 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. > > 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. > -- > Brielle Bruns > The Summit Open Source Development Group > http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org >
