You still have to pay for cross-connects to connect to exchanges in datacenters. > In North America, the median cross-connect price is $300, more than five tim

You still have to pay for cross-connects to connect to exchanges in datacenters. > In North America, the median cross-connect price is $300, more than five times higher than $58, which is the median price in Europe.[1] Of course, that difference means nothing to a hyperscaler, but it's led to a difference in pricing culture between the smaller providers. 1: https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/study-u-s-fiber-cross-connect-pricing-higher-than-europe https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/study-u-s-fiber-cross-...