Your VoIP Calls are Wiretapped – and Other Legal Surprises
April 20, 2007Voipnews just posted a new article about the handling of VOIP calls, and wether or not the government is eavesdropping on us.
A cheat sheet of the regulatory debates affecting how your VoIP calls are handled, the plans for 911, and how the government is listening in.
Paul D. Kretkowski on April 18th, 2007
As much as VoIP providers have relished the Wild West feel of the Internet, sheriffs are riding into town in the form of laws, FCC rules and taxes aimed at gradually taming VoIP. Here’s a rundown of the three debates affecting how VoIP providers handle service, the need to include 911 capability in it, and how open your calls are to federal wiretaps.
Network Neutrality
Network neutrality (or just “net neutrality”) is the idea that Internet nodes—servers or groups of servers that forward information sent via the Internet—should treat every IP packet they send or receive in the same way as every other packet…..
