said by nasadude:demanding CALEA compliance of nearly everything that touches the net, but not paying for it as was done for the telcos
(the government provided the money for the telcos to make POTS wiretappable) - seems like a tax to me
The gov't didn't pay to make POTS wiretappable. State regulators allowed the telcos to pass on the cost to the customers - something entirely different than paying for it.