[Fwd: [IP] Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists]

Fri Jun 18 19:49:11 UTC 2004

On 6/18/04 3:41 PM, "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz at wvi.com> wrote:

> 
> I admit to having some sympathy for the FBI... they're in the middle of
> getting ripped up, down and sideways over failures over Sept 11 and
> other things, and yet when they ask for more surveilance capabilities,
> they get ripped up, down and sideways for asking...

Not to get too off-topic here, but the FBI may be better served by investing
in Human Intelligence. Plugging wires into operational networks is pretty
cool, but turning a guy on one end of that VoIP call is more useful.

We now return to our regularly scheduled comparisons of Best Effort Internet
Services to Boxes of Chocolate or whatever today's lively conversation
happens to be.

-- 
Daniel Golding
Network and Telecommunications Strategies
Burton Group