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Aggregator routing: which venues actually matter

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Measured, not modeled

Every figure starts as data we collect ourselves, quoted, simulated, or asked directly. No third-hand numbers.

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From the builder's seat

Everything is checked with the founders actually shipping the thing being measured, through direct access to the network.

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Methods in the open

Methodology is published alongside every piece. If you can't reconstruct a figure, we haven't finished it.

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