Comment by toast0

> Any traffic you’re able to offload via peering you wouldn’t be paying an IP transit to haul

When you're small enough, the difference in price between transit and what it takes to get you to an IX is likely to be pretty small. But, you probably want to be at an IX sooner or later anyway (easier to get multiple transit offers at an IX than on the side of the road), so might as well peer while you're there.