Let me share a story about Doug @ Americas Freight Link. Used to work for Bestway Cartage many years ago, far before me. Started this operation doing LTL from ON to the southern east coast, MD, VA etc.
Called me to book my LTL from ON to VA, gave to him. Asked for the driver info who was picking it up, would not provide. I maintain a good relationship with all the staff over at Bestway, and as it turns out, my order was DOUBLE BROKERED to Bestway without their knowledge that it was given to Americas Freight Link by myself. When approached about this, he sent me my fax back over to me, handwritten on the confirmation "No one dispatches my drivers other than me. Signed D. Boyce" Or whatever his last name was.
I gave romeo the same rate that I was planning to pay Doug. ($+50 what doug wanted to pay him)
I know the boys over at Bestway are real old school and they have NOT dropped their rates like all the rest of the providers and they DO NOT take cheap freight like most of the other guys in the industry and they are one of the few providers that I can actually say that are operating a good business and are trying to acheieve the rates that should be paid, not what everyone else is offering. Believe me, Romeo and Dave have told me to beat it more than once if I'm too low on a shipment and that's OK with me.