A carrier neutral data center is standard requirements for many and they don't look at a facility unless it is carrier neutral.
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What Is A Cloud And Carrier-Neutral Data Centre?
A truly neutral data centre provider is one that is independent of the companies colocating in the data centre, does not compete with them in any way, and offers no packaged services as part of colocation. Customers are free to contract directly with the providers of their choice.
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If you open your eyes and look at those whose business model is not aligned with carrier neutral, then you may realize carrier neutral is a dirty word that is offensive. The question you need to ask is do you want to work with those who find "carrier neutral" offensive. If you do, then you should not make use of the words "carrier neutral."
I made this realization 6 months ago, and it has allowed me to look at new business opportunities. In Japan on vacation it even helped me see something that was right in front of me for years. NTT, KDDI, Softbank are the major carriers fiercely competing.
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As the iPhone sweeps Japan’s smartphone market, NTT Docomo has shifted the competitive focus to calling plans with its new unlimited-talk arrangement. Meanwhile, pending changes in telecommunications regulations promise either to strengthen the position of the former NTT monopoly or to blow the mobile market wide open. Ishikawa Tsutsumu reports.
Since Japan’s leading mobile operator NTT Docomo joined its two major competitors in offering the iPhone last September, the nation’s mobile phone market has fallen into a state of virtual homogeneity, with little to distinguish the three main carriers in terms of handsets or services. This has set the stage for the kind of price war that all the providers are anxious to avoid.
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According to data compiled by market research company Kantar Japan, iPhones accounted for 68.7% of smartphones sold between November 2013 and January 2014. With Docomo, KDDI (which offers mobile service under the Au brand), and SoftBank all offering the dominant iPhone along with Android handsets, customers were no longer choosing a mobile carrier on the basis of its lineup of devices.”
If you dig deeper one of these companies would not only find carrier neutral offensive there are others in positions of influence who would also be offended.
Being offensive does work when you are among like minded people. Below is George Carlin's infamous 7 dirty words skit. It is funny to many and there is another group who find this offensive.