Re: UK PHP Host/Developer Required OT
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:52:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: UK PHP Host/Developer Required OT | ||
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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