"He found that Cox Communications charges $2,500 to fulfill a pen register/trap-and-trace order for 60 days, and $2,000 for each additional 60-day-interval. It charges $3,500 for the first 30 days of a wiretap, and $2,500 for each additional 30 days. Thirty days worth of a customer’s call detail records costs $40.
Comcast’s pricing list, which was already leaked to the internet in 2007, indicated that it charges at least $1,000 for the first month of a wiretap, and $750 per month thereafter."
Ah, now I see. It's a profit deal.
I suppose if the police just demanded the information free, the telcos would cite the Constitution. But since they're paid ...
Huh? Those prices are for all taps. If a court orders a wiretap, how are telcos supposed to resist, and on what grounds? "All wiretaps are illegal?" This says nothing about how prevalent illegal wiretaps are.
There may be some profiteering going on here (see the discrepancies between Comcast's prices and Cox's prices), but where is the illegality/immorality in complying with a court-ordered wiretap and charging money so that each wiretap doesn't end up costing your business money to implement?
Sorry, I was sloppy. The more taps, the more profit. You can make more money from warranted taps plus unwarranted taps, instead of just warranted taps.
Comcast’s pricing list, which was already leaked to the internet in 2007, indicated that it charges at least $1,000 for the first month of a wiretap, and $750 per month thereafter."
Ah, now I see. It's a profit deal.
I suppose if the police just demanded the information free, the telcos would cite the Constitution. But since they're paid ...