Government Help Toward CALEA Compliance
The FCC says that it, along with the FBI, are ready and willing to work with operators that find third-party solutions to be too expensive. What this help consists of generally, is helping operators to find services that will work with their level of expected surveillance and budget. For example, many rural carriers haven’t had wiretap requests for decades.
The government’s announcement can be summed up to “just because CALEA compliance is too expensive doesn’t mean you can’t make an effort”. While there are not too many specifics as laid out by govermental agencies, the FBI’s www.askcalea.com. site has quite a bit of information.
