Mark,
A well written piece.
However, I think you miss my point:
"Either we defend ourselves, and we defend the "cowboys" as Peter likes to
call people like me by rising in opposition to ANY regulatory garbage that
puts us under their thumb... Or we've just killed our whole industry."
You talk about gov't wiping you out. And I agree. They will because they
can't get cooperation (or if you want to go to your extreme, gov't can't
maintain control). I could go on and on about the current Admin, what
is going on at the Hill, etc., but the differences you and I have over
CALEA is that you spent all your time moaning about it when the
questions coming up were "How do I get compliant?"
There has been a 2 year battle over CALEA including in the courts. Where
was everyone then??
ACE and EFF could have used some help. But you are looking to close the
barn door after the animals escaped. You can certainly fight CALEA - and
any other regulation you want - but many just want help complying, so
they can stay in business.
I don't know when you last fought something in DC, but the whole
experience is so disgusting that I found myself never wanting to even
visit the area again. Liars and scumbags - the whole lot. Everyone up
there - even those sitting with you supposedly - have their own agenda.
And at any time will throw you under the bus to get their way.
And I don't know why you take the term cowboy to be so offensive. If you
want to operate in an unregulated or uncontrolled manner, that's a
cowboy. People that pioneered the West were cowboys. You did your
pioneering and now that Broadband is main stream and the President has
proclaimed his BB Policy, you are entering the regulated world.
As I explained to someone offlist, cowboy wasn't the best word to use,
but I could not come up with another word. But visually a guy sitting on
a plain pretty much alone with his livestock (business) is why it got
used. Other words were too strong. I just couldn't find a good word to use.
Here's my main worry: About 400 of what we will call 2000 want to
comply and run their business. The other 1600 don't want to fill out
forms or be bothered, which is their prerogative but not their right.
But it is the 1600 that will take down the 400.
Here's my main peeve: It's quite okay to stand up and oppose something,
but whistling in the wind does not get it done. Words are great, but
action (like all those people you said would get behind you) is
required. If you feel this strongly - and apparently you do because you
and I keep going back and forth on this with you being insulted and then
me being insulted - take some action. Don't write a missive. Go do
something.
Meanwhile the deadline for compliance with CALEA is still May 14. (Did
you sign up for the Bearhill CALEA webinar?)
Regards,
Peter Radizeski
RAD-INFO, Inc.
813.963.5884
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