That notwithstanding, it's stupid to send traffic to/from one of the large $your_region/country incumbents via $not_your_region/country. It's just not good Internet. You make enough money already. Be a good netizen. It pays more in the long run and that's all you're really after for your shareholders anyway, right?
On 2013-09-08, at 11:54 AM, Derek Andrew <derek.and...@usask.ca> wrote: > The topic of Canadian network sovereignty has been part of the Canadian > conscience since the failure of CANNET back in the 1970s. > > Canadians citizens, on Canadian soil, already supply feeds directly to the > NSA. Rerouting Internet traffic would make no difference. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgs...@mykolab.com>wrote: > >> >> A Canadian ISP colleague of mine suggested that the NANOG constituency >> might be interested in this, given some recent 'revelations', so I >> forward it here for you perusal. >> >> >> >> "Preliminary analysis of more than 25,000 traceroutes reveals a >> phenomenon we call ‘boomerang routing’ whereby Canadian-to-Canadian >> internet transmissions are routinely routed through the United States. >> Canadian originated transmissions that travel to a Canadian destination >> via a U.S. switching centre or carrier are subject to U.S. law - >> including the USA Patriot Act and FISAA. As a result, these >> transmissions expose Canadians to potential U.S. surveillance activities >> – a violation of Canadian network sovereignty." >> >> >> http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2013/09/routing-internet-transmission-across-the-canada-us-border-and-us-surveillance-activities.html >> >> Cheers, >> >> - ferg >> >> >> -- >> Paul Ferguson >> Vice President, Threat Intelligence >> Internet Identity, Tacoma, Washington USA >> IID --> "Connect and Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com >> >> > > > -- > Copyright 2013 Derek Andrew (excluding quotations) > > +1 306 966 4808 > Information and Communications Technology > University of Saskatchewan > Peterson 120; 54 Innovation Boulevard > Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada. S7N 2V3 > Timezone GMT-6 > > Typed but not read.
