On the IP geoloc subject, we (EBOX) actually have multiple pools for QC-based and ON-based customers. When a customer is provisioned, his service address is validated in our system and it auto-populates the Radius profile with a different profile for each provinces e.g. fttn-on-50 or fttn-qc-50. I don't see why we couldn't do this on Telus in the west (we're currently only servicing QC and ON).
On the TPIA side, it's a little bit less easy. I could automatically SWIP netblocks from reports we get from the operators to the POI they're configured in. I don't see this as a big issue. Eric On Mar 27 2018, at 6:10 pm, Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > Not quite networking but probably relevant. > The Canadian province of Québec just introduced a new budget with > basically the intent to force foreign digital companies who sell > services to Québekers to collect the local value added sales tax and > remit those to the QC government. > > The goal is to capture tax from Netflix who has so far escaped taxation > in Canada by having no legal/physical presence in Canada, no cache > servers of its own etc. Netflix does not currently collect province > information from customers (or any address info for that matter). > > They based many of their arguments on an OECD study (which ironically > the Canadian federal government says is not completed yet (as excuse for > not proceeding with similar tax). > > So foreign digital services will be required to require subscibers enter > AND VALIDATE their address so that they have an accurate province field > (validation remains to be finalized), and IF they sell more than $30,000 > to Québec residents, will be required to self register with QC > government to collect local sales tax (and remit to QC government). > > The Québec budget expects that validation of address will be based on IP > address geolocation or custoemrs send paper bills to prove place of > residence. > > (Although requiring full address/phone number and sendint this to credit > card network for authorization might constitute a better means to > validate address). > > I suspect the big winners will be VPN services in the USA :-) > Because many ISPs span multiple provinces, IP geolocation generally > points to their HQ address, not necessarily the province of the > subscriber. (This is especially true for DSL in bell Canada wholesale > where currently a single point of connection between Bell and ISP allows > full reach of all of its DSL territory in QC/ON. For Cable, ISPs require > different IP pools for Rogers in Ontario and Vidéotron in Ontario (with > a couple of exceptions where Vidéotron has service in a couple fo > Ontario towns). In Western Canada, things are harder as Shaw serves BC, > AB, SASK and MB. >