FCC Lets VoIP Providers Slide on E911 - Again
Tim Greene writes in NetworkWorld:
Another deadline has come and gone with the FCC taking no action against VoIP service providers that fail to provide 911 emergency calling to their customers.
Monday was the deadline for service providers to file letters that explain what 911 systems they are using, how many of their customers can actually get 911 service, to what areas they provide 911 service and how they plan to extend the service to all their coverage area.
So far the commission has rolled back its deadline for complying with FCC requirements three times, and has let providers keep selling services even though they may not include 911. A key stipulation was that customers acknowledge that they understand the 911 they get from a VoIP provider may behave differently from the 911 they would get from a traditional circuit-switched voice carrier.
posted by Fergie @ 11/29/2005 12:51:00 PM
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