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