15 Mar
2004
15 Mar
'04
12:23 a.m.
>>>> "Vintage" == Vintage
Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> writes:
Vintage> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Brad Parker wrote:
> I believe phone switches have had this requirement
for many, many
> years (probably since the time of the (dis)honorable senator
> Joseph McCarthy).
Vintage> No they haven't. Sure, the feature exists in more
Vintage> sophisticated phone systems, but it's never been there as a
Vintage> government requirement for ease of wire-tapping.
Sure it has, CALEA has been the law of the land for some time now.
Not going back as far as the great unlamented Joe, though; back then
it wasn't that hard and no special laws were needed. Besides, there
was only one phone company and it was cooperative...
paul