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              | Date: 2000-12-07 
 
 NL: Kosten fuer Ueberwachung zahlen Kunden-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 Warum es wirklich Grund zu Optimismus gibt, belegen zwei
 Artikel des jederzeit empfehlenswerten Industry Standard.
 Zum einen kündigen holländische ISPs bereits an, für
 Zwangsspeicherung von Daten und Installation von
 Überwachungsequipment 20 Prozent auf ihre Rechnungen
 aufschlagen zu müssen.
 
 Zum anderen erklärt der zuständige EU Kommissar Vitorino,
 man habe zu sehr auf die Hilfe "Law Enforcement" und
 zuwenig auf jener der Communities bei der Bekämpfung von
 Cyber-Crime gesetzt.
 
 post/scrypt: Wer aus der Partie hat da schon wieder ein
 "pereat" hingespuckt?
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 Dutch ISPs to Pass Along Cybercrime Costs
 
 The service providers say that they need monitoring
 equipment, and that they will hike the price of Web access in
 the Netherlands by 20 to 25 percent.
 
 By Joris Evers
 
 AMSTERDAM  Possibly setting a European precedent,
 Internet service providers in the Netherlands say costs for
 Internet access will rise significantly because of cyber-crime
 regulation.
 
 The Dutch ISPs say they are forced to install expensive
 network monitoring equipment. The cost for a medium-size
 access provider will be around $600,000, and larger ISPs
 would face higher expenses, said the association of Dutch
 Internet service providers, the Vereniging van Nederlandse.
 
 "As a result the cost of Internet access will rise 20 to 25
 percent," said Hans Leemans, director of the NLIP. The
 deadline for installing the equipment is April.
 
 According to a 1998 telecom act, Dutch ISPs are required to
 make their networks ready for surveillance by law
 enforcement. A draft convention on cyber crime prepared by
 the Council of Europe proposes similar legislation.
 
 "If the convention is taken literally, then the potential
 implications are enormous," said Joe McNamee, spokesman
 for EuroISPA, the association of Internet service providers in
 the European Union. Besides buying monitoring equipment,
 ISPs would have to buy storage hardware. "That would make
 it even more expensive," Leemans said.
 
 Making the customer pay is only natural, McNamee said. "If
 the government doesn't foot the bill, I don't know where else
 the money would come from."
 
 More
 http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20571,00.html
 
 http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20619,00.html
 
 
 
 
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 published on: 2000-12-07
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