[188180] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent - Google - HE Fun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Thu Mar 10 12:30:08 2016
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:29:26 -0500
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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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=E2=80=99s custom=
er, he
>>> is Google=E2=80=99s 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=E2=80=A6 Assumption included from Bill Herrin=E2=80=99s=
message=E2=80=A6
>
>> 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.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us
Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
