Paul, I agree this is a problem, but its been a problem since at least 1994 ( my first exposure ) and I suspect longer, the issue is east we capacity in Canada is very $$, pushing traffic from Toronto east to points south to get it to Vancouver is much more cost effective.
-jim On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:08 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<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 > >