tedd wrote:

> For sake of discussion -- why would one want to be specific about
> hosting in the UK? Why not just hosting, regardless of where the host
> is located?
> 
> After all, hopefully the site will be accessible globally, right? So,
> why the need for a specific geographical location for a host?

Local clients quite often have much better connectivity to a local host.

> Are there UK laws that require businesses to be totally self-contain
> within the UK? Or, is this just a limitation of management to
> understand what the net is?

I don't know about the UK, but Swiss banking legislation does have
clauses about the location of data processing equipment.


/Per Jessen, Zürich


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