Telephone switch capacity

Please be aware that the current capacity of the telephone system in the United States (and for that matter, most of the developed world) is only capable of supporting between 15 and 20 percent simultaneous telephone conversations. If the FBI wishes to set up a system that is capable of monitoring 1% of the total number of lines, that equates to a ability to tap 5%, not 1% of all calls in progress.

As the FBI's "interest" shifts from area to area, the whole country could rapidly come under the 1% surveillance directive. 1.5 million telephone intercepts. Or more.

-=- Noah