--- On Mon, 5/12/08, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> well there may be records, but often and unfortunately they > include only the false data :( I see.. > tracing it back requires that the information for the call > be recorded, some of which usually isnt in a way that makes > it to the police. Often the ani is logged and that is about it. > Yes if they log the circuit it comes in on, all of the other > information, tracing back could be a lot easier, but um yeah for > some reason the phone companies generally dont log all that data. Well, here you go for regulation - make them log it. :) I'm pretty sure 100% of VoIP providers log such information and could trace it back need be. No reason why the phone companies shouldn't do the same. (except for cost and general ignorance) > The only people that tried to argue that point (the govt > accepted that was the case without question) were other phone > companies who couldnt fathom that calls were placed by some other > provider somewhere. People entrenched in what they've been doing for years and years, not surprising that they cannot grasp the concept... > this doesnt give me a lot of faith in the call being > properly traced, > and since we do not yet live in a police state, the > government cant just > go in and take over the telephone company to trace it. So > even if there > is a law enforcement agent that knows what they are doing, > they would > still have to deal with the phone company that may not. Very true. -- Nitzan _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
