[IP] Wiretaps on the way! FCC sets vague Net-deadline of early 2007 [priv]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: September 27, 2005 10:52:59 AM EDT
To: politech@politechbot.com
Subject: [Politech] Wiretaps on the way! FCC sets vague Net-deadline  
of early 2007 [priv]


Text of the order:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-153A1.pdf

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http://beta.news.com.com/2100-7352_3-5883032.html

By Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache
Staff Writers, CNET News.com
Published: September 26, 2005, 2:05 PM PDT

Broadband providers and Internet phone services have until spring  
2007 to follow a new and complex set of rules designed to make it  
easier for police to seek wiretaps, federal regulators have ruled.

It's clear from the Federal Communications Commission's 59-page  
decision, released late Friday evening, that any voice over Internet  
Protocol, or VoIP, provider linking with the public telephone network  
must be wiretap-ready. That list would include companies such as  
Vonage, SkypeOut and Packet 8.

But what remains uncertain is what the Communications Assistance for  
Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) ruling means for companies, universities,  
nonprofits--and even individuals offering wireless or other forms of  
Internet access.

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