[42805] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: (fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Devries)
Fri Sep 21 22:18:03 2001
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From: "Tim Devries" <tim.devries@inquent.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>,
"Joe Abley" <jabley@automagic.org>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:17:38 -0700
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I would think only those satellites of US origin could be in a position to
deny non-refundable SLA time which can occur whenever they dictate. If
they provide the initial investment into space can't they write whatever
they choose into the contract? Even if it exceeds international boundaries?
After all, the satellite is in international air space; isn't it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
To: "Joe Abley" <jabley@automagic.org>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: (fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2
>
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Joe Abley wrote:
> > You'd think satellite capacity would be subject to some more
> > international set of regulations than those of the FCC. Are you
> > saying that if I buy preemptable capacity on PAS-N to uplink from
> > New Zealand and downlink to Fiji, that the capacity is subject
> > to preemption by the US Government under FCC rules?
> >
> > Or is there an assumption here that there's an (up|down)link on
> > US soil involved?
>
> There are satellites not subject to US FCC regulations. PAS-2
> isn't one of them.
>
>
>
