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- Calling 911 over your Vonage Wi-Fi handset? Better know your exact location
- Calling 911 over your Vonage Wi-Fi handset? Better know your exact locationNot E911Man. Everyone keeps mis-reporting this.http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20051214/1610224_F.shtmlVonage DID NOT announce that all their customers have E911. Just that they have regular 911. There's a big difference.Your face must have been blue for a very long while!This issue...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Information Assurance, GPS, handset, Wi-Fi, phone, cell phone, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-12-20
- Net phone operators reach E911 deadline
- Net phone operators reach E911 deadlineFCC a bunch of idiots, once againThis E911 red herring is pointless and stupid regulation. For instance, I moved from California to Canada a couple months ago. I kept my Vonage VOIP line so that I can have a US phone number. ...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Internet phone, VoIP, E911, phone, VoIP company
- Discussion threads 2005-11-29
- Another FCC E911 pushback: wise leniency or butt-cover backpedal?
- Another FCC E911 pushback: wise leniency or butt-cover backpedal?I think that the FCC has set a bad precedentI don't think that the FCC should have backed down from its original deadline, and I think that it should have forced providers to cut off subscribers who did not acknowledge the 911...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, FCC E911, procrastinator, E911
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Another FCC E911 pushback: wise leniency or butt-cover backpedal?
- Well, the Federal Communications Commission once again has rolled back their deadline mandating that VoIP service providers interrrupt service for those customers who have not yet gotten back to them with an acknowledgement they understand the current limitations of VoIP E911.The previous deadline had been today."After considering the reports detailing...
- Tags: FCC, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-09-28
- FCC extends deadline another 30 days
- FCC extends deadline another 30 daystwo tiersIf the FCC needs to mandate anything, it should be a two tier service level - BASIC (no 911) and ENHANCED (e911 compliant). The misunderstandings, lawsuits, and deadlines we now see today are the result of the FCC's inability to tackle this problem early...
- Tags: Federal government, VOIP, FCC
- Discussion threads 2005-09-01
- FCC extends deadline another 30 days
- This afternoon, the FCC extended VoIP subscribers E911 limitations acknowledgement deadline from this Monday to September 28.Thousands of Internet phone users who have not yet acknowledged limitations to their providers' 911 service will get an extra month before their service is cut off. Colleague Marguerite Reardon reports today that industry...
- Tags: E911, FCC, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2005-08-26
- Here's what I think about Von Coalition's request for 90-day E911 acknowl. reprieve
- The Von Coalition, a group of Internet phone service providers, has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to give VoIP companies an additional 90 days to seek acknowledgements from all subscribers that they acknowledge the current limitations of E911 over VoIP.Starting Tuesday of next week, VoIP providers are supposed to interrupt...
- Tags: acknowledgement, VoIP, E911, VON Coalition
- Blog posts 2005-08-26
- Time Warner Cable: all have acknowledged E911 limits; Me: Yea, right
- Next Monday is the FCC deadline for VoIP customers to get back to their access providers acknowledging the limitations of E911.Fail to acknowledge, says the FCC, and VoIP access providers are supposed to interrupt your service the next day. Until you comply by acknowledging.But exactly what percent of VoIP subscribers...
- Tags: FCC
- Blog posts 2005-08-25
- The real E911 compliance barrier: institutional resistance
- The general interest news media, and dare I say much of the technology press itself - does a poor job explaining exactly what the problems are in upgrading VoIP services to E911.Some media outlets offer a gross oversimplification: E911 doesn't work in VoIP, and here's a tragedy to prove it-...
- Tags: E911, Phil Weiser
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
- Why E911 acknowledgement PITA factor will help Skype and other softphoners
- PITA=Pain In The Anterior or whateverIf you haven't gotten back to your IP Telephony provider yet with your acknowledgement that you understand the current limitations of VoIP E911 services, get ready to be pestered like hell.Emails, service pop ups, phone calls, snail mail. They are supposed to cut you off,...
- Tags: acknowledgement, VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-08-16
- The 5 *real* reasons why VoIP providers want E911 deadline extension
- Colleague Declan McCullagh notes that yesterday, VoIP provider Nuvio asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to appeal an FCC rule that requires VoIP companies to provide E911 service to all their customers by November 28.Nuvio doesn't there's enough time for this capability to be...
- Tags: E911
- Blog posts 2005-08-16
- Get ready for the E911 disconnects
- The Federal Communications Commission has given most VoIP providers until August 29 to receive and document acknowledgement from all subscribers that they recognize the current limitations of E911 service.Those subscribers who fail to acknowledge they understand this current state of affairs may well be disconnected if they don't reply to...
- Tags: VoIP company, VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-08-15
- You haven't acknowledged VoIP E911 limitations? Get ready for pester-overdrive
- If you are a VoIP subscriber, you better hope your VoIP provider keeps efficient enough records to separate those customers who have acknowledged the limitations of VoIP E911 from those who have not.Should your VoIP provider not have that data wall in place, get ready for a barrage of emails,voice...
- Tags: VoIP company, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-07-27
- If cell gets FCC E-911 extension, guess who's next to try it
- With the Federal Communications Commission's deadline for E911 VOIP now a little over two months away, I think we may be seeing the immediate future of this compliance deadline reflected in dealings between the FCC and another group of telecom interests.The Cellular Communications and Internet Association and the Rural Cellular...
- Tags: FCC, E911
- Blog posts 2005-07-05
- Vonage CEO: E911 deployment challenges steep
- Vonage CEO Jeff Citron tells XChange magazine that he does not think VoIP service providers will be able to meet the 120-day E911 availability deadline set by the FCC last month.The September 17 deadline will be impossible to meet, Citron says, largely because of the enormity of the task. He...
- Tags: Jeff Citron, E911
- Blog posts 2005-06-09
- Smaller VoIP companies headed for a fine mess
- In light of last week's FCC mandatory E911 edict, kudos to fellow VoIP blogger Tom Keating for his scoop about how much the FCC may choose to fine incumbent cable or phone companies if they block E911 access, or even refuse to enable it on their own networks.Something in those...
- Tags: VoIP company, VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Seven key E911 issues the FCC ruling glosses over
- I've just read FCC Chair Kevin Martin's statement about today's FCC dictate requiring that VoIP providers offer E911 services starting 120 days from now.Already, the mainstream news media are painting this as an airtight provision that solves the problem of E911 access. Yet I must tell you, it is anything...
- Tags: FCC, VoIP company, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-05-19
- Here's why I'm cynical about the Vonage-SBC-BellSouth deal
- On the day the FCC is widely expected to set a timetable for mandatory VoIP E911, Vonage has announced it has agreed to purchase access to elements of SBC and BellSouth's E911 networks.The big news is that this purchase includes access to technology both companies use to identify a caller's...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-05-19
- What Qwest *really* means when they tell FCC "sure on VoIP 911"
- Qwest seems to be coming on board with pre-approval of any edict from the FCC requiring them to grant E-911 system access to VoIP providers.There's at least some well-informed supposition that a ruling to that effect will come out of the FCC's next meeting, scheduled for May 19. And, that...
- Tags: Qwest Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-06
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