Silicon.com: Snooping Bill drives first ISP abroad

[Yaman Akdeniz]

On 10 Jul 2000, at 9:00, Owen Blacker wrote:

> Chris Bailey, spokesman for 'ethical' ISP GreenNet, said it
> is in talks with Poptel about also moving its servers
> abroad. "It's early stages," he said, "but it's certainly
> being considered." Bailey added that Ireland would be a
> likely location.

They are (the ISPs mentioned in the article) still going to be 
"subject to UK law" (RIP) if they operate in the UK and their 
customers will be using dial-up services in the UK. So what is this 
going to achieve?


Mr. Yaman Akdeniz,
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