Official statement here: https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/faq/softlayer-network-wide-ip-blocking
Frank -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+frnkblk=iname....@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:21 PM To: Carlos A. Carnero Delgado <carloscarn...@gmail.com> Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Softlayer / Blocking Cuba IP's ? Ola Carlos, I am very familiar with Govt. instituted restrictions, and yes, people always find ways to get around it. I cannot speak for the Cuban Gov. nor for the US Gov. as to what they decide to do and when. What was/is irksome about Softlayer's decision is the following:- 1) Unilateral implementation of a restricted policy without any notification. 2) The broad stroke implementation of a Gov Policy that does not apply to the communication service they applied the policy to. i.e. As much as we all dislike Dictatorial Behavior, and we fully recognize Softlayer is a Private Entity, who can exercise it's right to act Dictatorially, Such behavior in the overall community (Internet) is frowned upon and (as it should) have a long term negative affect to business. Saludos. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Carlos A. Carnero Delgado" <carloscarn...@gmail.com> > To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> > Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 6:08:42 PM > Subject: Re: Softlayer / Blocking Cuba IP's ? > Hi, > (disclaimer: I'm Cuban national, living in Cuba, and a long time lurker in > this > great list) > 2016-02-19 15:27 GMT-05:00 Faisal Imtiaz < fai...@snappytelecom.net > : >> Considering the fact that such a block was just put in place about a week >> ago ? >> Last time I checked, blocking any part of the world is not part of any legal >> requirements on any Global Service Provider ? other than a 'company policy' ? > Being denied access to services, as a Cuban national, is something that we've > all experienced here and we (sadly) have come to accept it as a fact of life. > Sometimes we resort to proxies/VPNs in order to conceal our origin -- and by a > similar token, sometimes, our destination ;). > However, there are a couple of things that have made me wondering how > arbitrary > decisions can be. I think sometimes it just boils down to specific provider > policies that try to (maybe rightfully) cover their bottoms in the light of > the > law. For instance, I can't hide the fact that I have access to Gmail; but at > the same time there are many Google properties and services than I can't. > There > are many companies, global companies, that I can't access, and others are open > to us which are, paradoxically, completely based on the US and under US law > (won't name them publicly to avoid potential damage). > Any way, I'm going back to lurk mode. However, feel free to ask anything, on- > of > offlist. And I thank you all for this wonderful resource. > Carlos.
