said by GOLFnSUN :

I think the universities are GREATLY overstating the costs of implementing this. Most already have the network mgt tools(sniffers for ex.) in place to do this with little additional costs. I believe they are exaggerating the costs because they have a philosophical disagreement with helping the government and law enforcement to catch students breaking the law.

Unless overturned by the Supreme Court, this ruling means that universities, ISP's, etc. must install wiretapping equipment at their own expense so that law enforcement(with a court order) can tap into VOIP, emails, IM's, etc, on internet connections. And I believe the Supreme Court, as currently constituted, will uphold this ruling.

said by tiger72 :

A quick look at the Missouri's University network shows that we have peering with ATT and Qwest (in the past we had one with SBC also, but since the merger that doesn't count anymore). Point being? ATT already watches and logs everything we do - no need for redundency.

said by scrummie02 :

Either way, the government should pay the costs if that's what they choose to mandate..

said by GOLFnSUN :

law enforcement(with a court order) can tap into VOIP, emails, IM's, etc,

said by batterup :

Court order?? Badges? We don't need no stinken badges.

said by tiger72 :

Terrorists don't use badges and court orders, so niether should we!

said by batterup :

You forgot pedophiles, the other magic word.

said by GOLFnSUN :

I doubt they do that, no matter what the buzz is about NSA & AT&T.

said by Jim Gurd :

So what's to stop people from encrypting their VoIP? It's not hard to do and can be done either in the router firmware or on the PC itself. Skype is a perfect example.

said by GOLFnSUN :

Unless overturned by the Supreme Court, this ruling means that universities, ISP's, etc. must install wiretapping equipment at their own expense so that law enforcement(with a court order) can tap into VOIP, emails, IM's, etc, on internet connections.