Peter R. wrote:
During the Brand-X Supreme Court case, the DEA, the FBI and the DOJ
clearly spelled out that ISP and VoIP traffic would need to be CALEA
compliant. It isn't the FCC, it is the DOJ.
Your statements take us back to all the "lobbying efforts" that CLEC's
and ISP's have ever done:
Don't regulate us - just them. That's not how it works.
You want UL spectrum. You want more of it.
But this is not a one-way street.
Not sure what you mean here Peter. Are you implying that if we don't go
along with anything that the FCC comes up with then we don't deserve any
more UL spectrum? This, as an argument for filing the 477 I understand,
but to use it for any FCC mandate is BS.
If the FCC is really all that interested in providing broadband to
everyone they should spend less time bitching about Bush and more time
figuring out how to get spectrum into the hands of those that can and
will provide that access.
I'm not quite sure how the FCC thinks overburdening the independent
ISP/WISP is going to narrow the gap in coverage. If this CALEA crap
ends up costing any real amount of money to implement on my end I doubt
I will. I'll probably just be looking to sell out if possible or
shutdown down when a fine is threatened. I can try raising prices to
cover the cost but this industry doesn't respond well to raising prices.
To get you have to give.
You have to fill out your forms without whining so much.
You have to be able to help the Department of Justice catch the bad
guys - without the bad guys knowing.
I don't think I have ever seen Mark mention a reluctance to helping the
authorities catch the bad guys. I have seen Mark protest footing the
bill to do so and I have seen him protest the authority of government
agencies attempting to regulate his business.
I think it IS our responsibility to protest undue or unjust regulation
as an industry. I would really like to hear a legal person's opinion on
Mark's objections.
The DOJ is NOT someone I am willing to take on faith when they claim the
authority to do something invasive. I seem to remember that they felt
CARNIVORE was legal and justified.
Seems odd that one of the more hardcore conservatives (okay I'm betting
he really is a true libertarian) is the one saying WHOA to a Republican
run FCC and DOJ on an issue of privacy vs security.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
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