U.S. ISPs slam into wiretap deadline

US ISPs SLAM INTO WIRETAP DEADLINE
[SOURCE: InfoWorld, AUTHOR: Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service]
U.S. broadband and VOIP providers on Monday hit a deadline to prove they could accommodate law-enforcement wiretaps. The Federal Communications Commission in 2005 required broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) and VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) carriers that connect to the public telephone network to comply with a wiretap access law. Under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), service providers have to prove they're equipped for investigators to carry out the equivalent of a traditional wiretap. The broadband and VOIP providers had to send the FCC by March 12 a plan to comply with CALEA, and by Monday they had to either set up a system that allows monitoring or hire an outside company to make it possible. Those that don't comply must make a good-faith effort to do so and may be referred for enforcement.
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