I believe phone switches have had this requirement for many, many years
(probably since the time of the (dis)honorable senator Joseph McCarthy).
-brad
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>On 13 Mar 2004, R. D. Davis wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Well, in thise case, since the only "customer" for wiretap features would
>be the gummint, then THEY should pay for it.
>
>Make sure you all phone/fax/write when bills supporting this type of
>legislation comes up for a vote.
>
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