From what I've gathered so far, every other carriers that we use are either invoicing us from Canada or outside the US (e.g. Telia from Vancouver, BC and Cogent from Toronto, ON).
We don't explicitly pay a charge like this for the transit bandwidth we
A couple of minutes after firing my first email, our rep called me to follow up. He'll escalate this as far as he can with his COO and CFO and suggested two scenarios. On Mar 14 2017, at 10:41 am, Graham Johnston <johnstong@westmancom.com> wrote: purchase in Toronto from an international carrier, and I doubt that it is built into the cost without any mention of it. I've never heard of such a thing.
Graham Johnston Network Planner Westman Communications Group 204.717.2829 johnstong@westmancom.com
\-----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Eric Dugas Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:04 AM To: NANOG Subject: Regulatory Recovery Surcharge for Canadian corporations
I recently negotiated a new contract with a tier1 for IP transit in Canada and just got the invoice. I saw a "new" Regulatory Recovery Surcharge of 10% the MRC (before taxes) that I've never seen before. Do any of my Canadian fellows on this list are paying this outrageous surcharge?
Other than saying "it's in the MSA", our rep, their tax and billing department are not useful at all. The actual rate is not specified anywhere in the MSA or in the contract.