Re: CALEA for co-lo transit providers?

"Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.internet-access
Message-ID <006001c8c14d$38647790$640da8c0@mlaptop2>
btw, the WISPA CALEA standard has been released if anyone is in need of it.

http://www.wispa.org/calea/WCS/index.html

Hope that's helpful!
marlon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: CALEA for co-lo transit providers?


> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone answer this question for John?
>
> John, the advice to hit up ask calea was spot on too.  They are good folks 
> over there.
>
> thanks,
> marlon
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Todd" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:47 AM
> Subject: CALEA for co-lo transit providers?
>
>
>>
>> I'm sure someone knows this off the top of their heads, so I'll ask the 
>> non-lawyers here for some clue before I wade into the documentation...
>>
>> I know that CALEA applies to all "service providers" for broadband access 
>> and VoIP application services here in the United States. However, does 
>> CALEA apply to co-location transit providers?(*)  In other words: 
>> facilities that have no end-users or end-user circuits in them, but only 
>> large arrays of application servers?   I'm asking about IP transit, and 
>> not about physical layer.  Equinix, as an example: with their Equinix 
>> Direct product (blended transit inside their facilities) are they subject 
>> to CALEA?
>>
>> My gut instinct is "no" after doing some reading, but it's not entirely 
>> clear.  Opinions welcome, and referenced facts even more so.
>>
>>
>> (*) Of course, one always must comply with a court order, but that is not 
>> what I'm asking about - I'm talking about the "built-in" intercept 
>> functionality that many equipment vendors are now integrating into 
>> equipment, and pre-event access configuration that may be requested by 
>> LEAs.
>>
>> JT
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