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  • FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes

    05/04/2006 1:52:17 PM PDT · by ritewingwarrior · 18 replies · 465+ views
    CNET NEWS ^ | May 4, 2006 | Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache
    update WASHINGTON--Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to levy what likely will amount to wiretapping taxes on companies, municipalities and universities, saying it would create an incentive for them to keep costs down and that it was necessary to fight the war on terror. Universities have estimated their cost to be about $7 billion. "The first obligation is...the safety of the people," said FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat. "This commission...