Ok yes that is a fair point and it is not realistic to record that much data, and I am not a telecom engineer so I don’t really understand the infrastructure. I am much more comfortable with VOIP.

Everybody acknowledges that telephones are tapped; this discussion is about the Internet and cybercrime.

I am not suggesting that every single email and conversation is recorded. What I am saying is monitoring of suspects and the monitoring of everybody in public places. As you would with CCTV which has been shown to massively cut crime rates in city centers.