Re: Cogent - Google - HE Fun

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 08:24 , Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net> wrote:
>
> Once upon a time, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> said:
> > In fairness, however, this is because he is not Google’s customer, he
> > is Google’s product. Google is selling him (well, information about him
> > anyway) to their customers. They gather this information by offering
> > certain things he wants in exchange for him allowing them to collect
> > and redistribute this data.
>
> False supposition; Google does actually sell services as well.  $DAYJOB
> pays Google for services, and has paid Cogent for network access.

Not my assumption… Assumption included from Bill Herrin’s message…

> Google, by contrast, makes no demand that Cogent pay them even though
> you are not paying Google for service. 

(Underline added for emphasis)

Owen