On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 16:15, Paul Mansfield <paul+uk...@mansfield.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 12:22, Will Hargrave <w...@harg.net> wrote: > > > > A reminder as much for myself as anyone else: > > https://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Charter > > “UKNOF's remit is technical, and any discussion or activities > > involving commercial, legal or political issues should be limited to > > where they have a direct impact on technical aspects of network > > operations.” > > that's a good reminder. I wasn't seeking comments on the political > things, or asking for commercial discussions, I was only aiming to see > what technical issues people had encountered which indirectly might be > driven by regulatory or political issues. > .. such as having to reroute traffic or reestablish peering > arrangements because of the EU/non-EU traversal. A bit vague, sorry. > There's no reason there should be - the UK terminates* cables from the US and nominally Africa already which are not part of the EU or dependent upon any UK EU law. Most services that you buy are done with a local office (so their problem how they deal with their foreign parent company), and when they're not there's no difference - you can contract with a NY company for services in the UK (technically they as supplier need to be tax compliant). *physical telecoms on public land has its own regulations but you will find underneath it a UK company with UK permits. Steve
