[Outages-discussion] Cogent disconnecting Russia

[David Farmer]

Given the banking and financial sanctions, I’ll bet Cogent figured the
prospects of them getting paid were pretty slim anyway. I suspect it was
more of a strait forward business decision, than anything else.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 13:43 Matthew Petach <matt at petach.org> wrote:

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> If they're going to follow the War Conventions in the Hauge, they should
> likewise terminate all customer connections to Ukraine as well, if they're
> considering themselves to be a neutral party.
>
> Of course, that doesn't apply if they're taking a side as a participant in
> the conflict.
>
> Shamelessly copying from Sean Donelan...
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> https://www.icrc.org/en
>
> Convention (V) respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and
> Persons in Case of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907.
>
> CHAPTER I : THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS - ART. 8.
>
> Art. 8. A neutral Power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use
> on behalf of the belligerents of telegraph or telephone cables or of
> wireless telegraphy apparatus belonging to it or to companies or private
> individuals.
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>
> CHAPTER I : THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS - ART. 9.
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> Art. 9. Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken by a neutral
> Power in regard to the matters referred to in Articles 7 and 8
> must be impartially applied by it to both belligerents.
>
> A neutral Power must see to the same obligation being observed by
> companies or private individuals owning telegraph or telephone cables or
> wireless telegraphy apparatus.
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 11:20 Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com> wrote:
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>> Apparently effective at noon EDT, which would be a couple hours ago.
>>
>> Washington Post, but here’s a paywall-free archive:
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>> https://archive.ph/TFgyg
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