said by Anon333 :said by martyb1:So other than not routing traffic to American carriers when they don't have an IX route (maybe they could let you opt-out of any network paths you don't appreciate?) which would be stupid, there isn't really alot they can do.
Given what's been disclosed by the NSA and other organizations I don't think it's stupid to at least give us the option when both the origin and destination of the traffic is within Canada.
I think this could be a good opportunity for TekSavvy to really separate themselves from other ISP's by becoming a real leader in the transparency of data for Canadians.
so you would opt-out of being able to talk to AS577 simply because TSI has to go through the US to get to it? That would get old fast.
And how do you suggest an ISP would react in the case that their connection to an IX goes down? Would they have to advise their entire customerbase that to go to order pay-per-view movies on their Bell FibeTV service, the traffic needs to transit via the US in order to do so? And before the customers agree, they should be blocked from accessing Canadian sites that, for technical reasons, have to be reached via a US carrier? Good luck with that plan.
And FYI, according to this "study", TSI already is the beacon of transparency in Canada. However, it is not _enough_ transparency according to the thinly-veiled politicized reason to be of this "study".