Weekly column: FCC wiretapping rules irk even local governments [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Perspective:  Net wiretapping plans under fire
By Declan McCullagh
December 19, 2005, 4:00 AM PST

If we needed any more evidence that the Federal Communications 
Commission believes it can rule the Internet by administrative decree, 
consider the growing backlash against its wiretapping regulations.

An FCC edict from September orders broadband providers and some Internet 
phone companies to rewire their networks for police wiretapping convenience.

In the bizarro world of federal bureaucracies, of course, it doesn't 
matter how much complying with this order will cost, whether it's 
technically feasible, or even whether the requirements are legal or not.

But in the real world, engineers and managers who actually build 
networks have to worry about those questions. That's why the FCC's 
pronunciamento worries everyone from Internet providers to 
universities--and now, even local governments.

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