I'm sure this branch of the thread has already been killed, but I
haven't read that far yet :)
wispa wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:04:37 -0800, George Rogato wrote
I predict the little guy will end up giving all his subs publics and
passing the ball to their upstreams, and probably-most likely for a
price. I find it hard to believe this is not going to be an option.
You actually think that the "big guys" will actually let that happen? Come
on. What are you smoking? This is thier chance to wipe out all those pesky
little guys and own it all. And the FCC and feds will cheer at the "order"
forced from "chaos".
Quite honestly I doubt Qwest (my only real competitor) could give a crap
about my subs, they are more concerned on how to get customers away from
cable. However I do doubt they are all that excited about CALEA on the
data side of things either, it is more work for anyone involved although
their budgets are larger and they do already have some infrastructure in
place for this type of thing.
We'll find out more Thursday when we meet at the Hoover Building in
DC to talk to the FBI and Homeland Security about CALEA.
If anyone has any questions they want answered, nows the time to put
them in print.
Yeah. "Could you please quote the constitutional authority for this, please
cite relevant sections and paragraphs."
Like this means anything in this day and age. You can quote the
Constitution to a politician and most judges all you want but it will
not alter reality. The federal government has well exceeded the rights
granted it in the Constitution over a hundred years ago and they are not
going to give them back to the states. Even if they did, you would see
most states cede those rights back to the federal government. Deal
with it, it is the political reality and so few people care enough it
isn't going to change.
Oh, and "What do you intend to do to prevent small neighborhood networks,
informal internet access via voluntary and cooperative systems, free
networks, and open and free networks from continuing to be non-compliant and
even unaware of the requirements?"
This is an interesting gray area. In most cases it would not even hit
the radar until someone is "tapped" and they issue a warrant only to
find out that it isn't the IP owners traffic. How the government
proceeds from there will be interesting. I would be interested to know
what the seattle folks are doing for this. Another interesting one is
the free muni people.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
I would like the answer to those on tape and in writing. And then we need to
work at launching the largest "industry and public" backlash ever, to end
this sort of stuff and ensure it NEVER comes back.
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Mark Koskenmaki <> Neofast, Inc
Broadband for the Walla Walla Valley and Blue Mountains
541-969-8200
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