Re: Cogent - Google - HE Fun

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 09:29 , William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
>
>
> Guys, that would be an important distinction if Cogent were providing
> Dennis with free service. They're not. Regardless of what Google does
> or doesn't do, Dennis pays Cogent to connect him to the wide Internet
> which emphatically includes Google. I'm sorry I said anything at all
> about Dennis' relationship with Google because that is immaterial to
> whether Cogent is honorably fulfilling its contract with Dennis.

Which doesn’t disagree with anything I said.

Owen