We have had the CALEA pain in the telco side for a decade. Believe me, it was much more expensive to become compliant if you were a LEC. Fact of the matter is that the internet is becoming the defacto alternate PSTN network and when you are a public utility you become beholden to the public you serve and the greater good.
If a bad guy is hiding behind your network, being a good corporate citizen of this nation, it is your duty to help law enforcement do their job. Telcos did not like CALEA any more than the ISPs. Actually, the FBI and CALEA vendors are the only ones that liked CALEA. An analogy would be, if we discovered a way to transport water over the internet, and people started using IP water than the city water lines, don't you think that the health department ought to then become interested in the quality of the water you sell? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:04 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Topic change - Trade Association Was: > Report:FCCtoPunishComcast Over Web Blocking > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > <insert witty tagline here> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Muto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:06 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Topic change - Trade Association Was: Report: > FCCtoPunishComcast Over Web Blocking > > >> You don't get it. CALEA was a good thing for WISPA and its members. > > No, of course I don't get "it". This has got to be one of the dumbest > thing I have ever heard in my life. I can find NO benefit to it of ANY > kind. Nor has anyone I know of explained a single "benefit", ever. It > is > a mandate on how a network must function, a limitation to equipment, > software, topology, and redundancy, and an absurd notion in the first > place. > > It is a direct requirement to dumb-down and overbuild bandwidth, with NO > return of ANY kind, financial or otherwise. > > "A good thing?" Obviously, you're in the camp that expecting to get > money > ripped out of someone else's pockets and headed your way. Or, just try to > explain it. Nobody has till now. They make the statement, but the logic > used is an insult to our intelligence. > > > You need to understand that you pick the battles you feel >> you can win. WISPA has gained a good amount of respect from the FCC, but >> this is only one of many battle fronts WISP's are up >> against. > > "Gained respect"? Please. This is imaginary nonsense. We're > forgotten > faster than styrofoam cup in a hurricane. We haven't got the millions to > bribe them with, so there is no amount of "positive" influence we can > have. > >> >> The FIGHT for US battle cry you comment on takes money, time and a good >> amount off leg work to make things work. > > No kidding. I agree entirely. But when people start the comments like > "CALEA is good for us", whatever agenda they have in mind is NOT the well > being of WISP's, but some kind of other agenda. > > You are >> dealing with a bureau that has many different levels of staffing, it can >> take weeks to know who to talk to, when and if they >> will talk to you, will it be ex-parte or not, etc, etc, etc. > > Like any other organization. > >> >> Understand that the RBOCs and other companies are clamoring for the eyes >> and ears of those a the FCC, as WISPs need to get >> to.The fight is not only on the federal level, but also at the state and >> local levels as well. > > I'm still not sure exactly what your point is here. I understand the need > to talk to all levels of government, but if we're going to take the > mindset > that all mandates and rules are Holy and Untouchable, then what is the > point? 95% of what WISPA should be doing should be DEFENSIVE from an > overreaching government agency of some kind. And it seems the present > leadership has absolutely NO interest in defense at all, just playing > "looky, I got to talk to the Holy Ones in DC" game, some kind of hat in > hand > > subservence... > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
