The Panama Advantage

Tax-friendly offshore hosting with strong privacy and world-class connectivity

Panama is world renowned as a major 'tax-free' jurisdiction with tens of thousands of enterprises already installed. Panama enforces some of the most strict privacy laws in the world, making it illegal to share information with third parties. Panama is strategically located at the crossroads of North and South America where four major sub-ocean fiber-optic networks meet.

The combination of tax-free, strong privacy and network connectivity benefits are a huge incentive for any e-business selling information, products or services internationally to get web hosting offshore here from Panama-based Hub.Org.

Key advantages of Hub.Org operating in jurisdiction of Panama —

• Tax-Free Business Opportunities

  Panama is known all over the world as an international business tax haven. Since taxes in Panama are assessed according to territoriality guidelines (ie only locally produced income may be taxed), foreign-source income is considered tax-free. as the government does not levy income taxes on businesses hosting their websites in Panama. Unlike in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, and other G-7 nations, where regulators have created laws that tax online businesses hosted in their country, hosting your website in Panama allows you to run your e-business tax-free.

  "Businesses can now have North American connectivity speeds and reliability in a tax-friendly environment." - Ian Lenathan (Ex - manager, Nortel Networks Corp.)

• World-Class Connectivity

  Panama has historically played a major role as a transportation and communication center, connecting the North and South American continents, as well as the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Today Panama continues its pivotal role as a communications leader, sitting atop the intersection of over 4 major undersea fiber-optic networks. Thus Panama has some of the best fiber-optic cable access and bandwidth in the world, enabling Hub.Org to host websites easily accessable from Canada, Singapore, and Brazil.

  "Why Panama? Because it's one of the most wired places in the world. All of the fiber-optic backbones of the United States, Canada, and Latin America cross Panama. If there's a problem inside the United States, the most obvious place to go outside is Panama." - Nelson Bendeck (representative of Sun Tone, an arm of Sun Microsystems that is installing $500,000 worth of new server equipment and software in Panama)

• High Security

  Geographically and politically, Panama is an unusually secure country for international businesses. Unlike many other popular offshore locations, Panama City is located outside of any earthquake, hurricane, and active-volcano zones. Our data center sits well above any flood zones and benefits from the advanced security infrastructure left behind in the former U.S.military-managed Canal Zone.

  "Panama is one of the most secure places in the world. It has to be secure to allow international commerce to pass through the canal." - Nelson Bendeck (a representative of Sun Tone, an arm of Sun Microsystems)

• Data Protection

  Unlike the United States, Canada, and many European countries, the Panamanian government forbids outside regulatory agencies from removing, sequestering, or freezing a company's assets (ie your website), unless a Panamanian court orders such actions.

• No Regulatory Constraints

  Panama does not inflict the same high regulatory constraints for online businesses as most other countries. The country's intellectual property laws grant online activities the freedom of free enterprise and free speech, liberties that are increasingly threatened in other parts of the world.

• Advanced Data Center Technology

  Our servers are located at a high level security center based in the former Fort Clayton U.S. military base along the Panama Canal. The data center is fully protected from general power failures through the use of redundant power sources and backup power provisions. The facilities are constructed to meet seismic zone 3 criteria and have Point of Presence access to four major undersea fiber optic networks.