[9267] in North American Network Operators' Group
Peering and traffic and GST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul R.D. Lantinga)
Mon May 12 13:34:18 1997
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:14:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Paul R.D. Lantinga" <planting@eit.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970512093951.006ee060@mail.cts.com>
[snipped from uunet article]
"or ISP's of similar size, route each others' traffic to destinations on
their respective networks. Because the flow of data and use of
infrastructure are anticipated to be approximately equal in both
directions, no money changes hands in peering relationships. "
I'm guessing that so far, Canadian ISP's and NSP's have managed to avoid
paying GST (goods and services tax) on peering arrangements or individual
packets pushed around. Given how the uunet article explains peering, has
the Canadian govt made any noises to start taxing the internet 'service'?
-Paul.
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Paul R.D. Lantinga #planting@vfi.com#
Systems Administrator, Verifone IC
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