> On Mar 10, 2016, at 09:29 , William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 08:24 , Chris Adams <c...@cmadams.net> wrote: >>> Once upon a time, Owen DeLong <o...@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
