14 Mar
2004
14 Mar
'04
10 a.m.
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).
No they haven't. Sure, the feature exists in more sophisticated phone
systems, but it's never been there as a government requirement for ease of
wire-tapping.
>> The Justice Department urged the FCC to
declare that companies must
>> pay for any such improvements themselves, although it said companies
>> should be permitted to pass those expenses on to their customers.
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