On 13-09-09 15:16, Joe Abley wrote:
Not only physics, but geometry. Vancouver is further north than Seattle, but Toronto is further south than Portland.
It is about sovereignty and the ability of one nation to decide for itself. In the past, because people were blind to the NSA operations, it didn't matter so much. But with past revelations, will the market start to demand routes that avoid the USA if the destination is not the USA ? Could the government set policies that end up making within-canada transit and peering more competitive than buying transit through the USA ? Lets reverse the situation for half a second. Say most traffic from USA to USA were to pass through Canada and Canada had the ability to spy on all USA traffic, including emails between congressman and their mistresses. Do you think the USA would let another nation spy on its traffic for half a second ? How can Bombardier compete against Boeing when the NSA captures Bombardier's emails etc and could potentially hand them over to Boeing?