On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Todd Barber wrote:
I have seen numerous posts on the WISPA list indicating that a cost effective and compliant solution for this issue was being worked on and would become available in the near future.
All I can say is please be patient. An answer to your question is coming. We (the wispa calea committee) are working on building the standard now.
I have seen numerous posts indicating that small providers should not be concerned and that attaining CALEA compliance would not put them out of business.
Those posts would be correct.
I contacted them today. If this is the cost effective solution that is available, it isnt cost effective enough for our operation. The monthly is ¼ of our current bandwidth costs and the upfront is twice the cost of our head-end router that is servicing all of our customers.
Bearhill (or any other TTP) is a good solution if you want someone else to assist in managing your CALEA compliance. A TTP is NOT a requirement, however.
If someone has better information on how a small ISP can become CALEA compliant in a cost effective manner, please contact me as I am all ears. If there is better information or a defined solution being presented on the WISPA member list, I am more than willing to pay membership dues to access it. If there isnt a better solution being discussed there, I would just as well save the due money as it will probably not be long before we are out of business or sell to a larger competitor and the membership will be useless.
All I can say is (again), be patient. This information is coming.BTW, becoming a WISPA member is a good idea anyway. CALEA will not be the downfall of anyone (except those that refuse to obey the law).
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