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Level 3 E 9-1-1 Exec Describes The Challenges

At the CTIA VoIP Mobility Conference late yesterday, I listened to Level 3 Communications vice president of E-911 Product Development William Clay recite some impediments to optimal 9-1-1 service- both VoIP and over standard phone lines.Among the issues E-911 infrastructure issues Clay mentioned that need solving include:No support for mobile...

Tags: e-911 product development william clay, psap

Blog posts 2006-04-05

Concerned about VoIP E911? Here's a list of all PSAPs in the U.S.

The recent imperative by VoIP service providers to make their E911 service compatible with the U.S.' nearly 8,000 Public Safety Answering Points has generated a new focus on what these PSAPs are and what they do.One might think that PSAP territories totally overlap jurisdictional city and county boundaries. No,...

Tags: psap

Blog posts 2006-02-23

PSAP manager on VoIP E911: "When your child is choking..."

PSAP manager on VoIP E911: "When your child is choking..."fed needs to regulate or at least standardize voip networksE911 has to be a priority to the public interest. And believe it or not, our government is suppossed to act in the puplic interest. And I don't mean "act"...

Tags: telephony, telecommunications, voip, e911, psap, government

Discussion threads 2006-02-15

PSAP manager on VoIP E911: "When your child is choking..."

One of the more ominous TalkBacks I've received to my Vonage IPO filing describes E911 chamber of horrors post was from a reader named Kenathena.This reader identified her(?) self as a PSAP Public Safety Answering Point manager. PSAPs are often the front line of E911 calls from VoIP and...

Tags: psap

Blog posts 2006-02-14

Additional Resources

Palm Centro - cobalt blue (Verizon Wireless)

It's not quite the Palm Treo 850 news we were hoping for, but we're sure Verizon Wireless customers will still be happy to hear that they'll be able to get their hands on a Palm Centro. First introduced on Sprint and then AT&T, the Centro has breathed new life into...

Tags: smart phones, cellular phones, keyboards, handhelds, wi-fi, contact book, verizon wireless, palm centro, palm inc.

Product reviews 2008-06-16

Court stays FCC's new E911 standards

Court stays FCC's new E911 standardsSeptember 11 coincidence?I wonder how much of this legislation is going to be used for the purposes of tracking domestic citizens, under the guise of a “safety” law?

Tags: federal government, quality, e911, fcc

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

News to know: AMD; Google; Oracle worries; Eluma; Nuospace

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors Larry Dignan: Google paid click growth sluggish in February; More worries emerge. Techmeme. Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries Dennis Howlett: Nuospace: enterprise collaboration for the rest...

Tags: google inc., oracle corp., microsoft corp., advanced micro devices inc., data centers, open source, storage, hardware, data management, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-27

9-1-1 VoIP passes Senate, but that's far from a complete solution

The IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007 has just been passed by the U.S. Senate. The hill amends the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 to irequire interstate VoIP providers to provide enhanced 9-1-1-services. Not only that,...

Tags: hill, u.s. senate, gps, telephony, voip, telecommunications, federal government, handhelds, consumer electronics, personal technology, networking, government, hardware, russell shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones

Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phonesLegal ThoughtsIf the cellphone tracking information is good enough to provide as evidence in court, it should require probably cause.Likewise, if it is not good enough to provide as evidence, it should be disallowed. Just that simple.In short, we all...

Tags: police blotter, cell phone, e911, phone

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

News to know: A Vista SP1 feast; Yahoo says no; Mobile World Congress; DC in data centers

Notable headlines: All you need to know about Vista SP1 and then some. Ed Bott: A Vista SP1 FAQ. Vista SP1 hands-on: six trouble-free upgrades Adrian Kingsley-Hughes' ongoing test drive: Vista SP1, making it a little harder for users to forget their...

Tags: data center, mobile, yahoo! inc., u.s. congress, microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp., microsoft windows vista sp1, alcatel, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), data centers, microsoft windows, corporate governance, operating systems, software, storage, hardware, data management, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Consolidation of Cisco Unified CallManager Clusters Improves Manageability and Reduces Costs

Cisco needed a way to ensure business continuity if the WAN link between the hub and the remote office went down. In the event of a WAN outage, employees would need the capability to place calls, including E911 calls, and to receive calls over the Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN....

Tags: consolidation, cisco systems inc.

Case studies 2007-12-17

Verizon Wireless finally releases XV6800 WM Professional device

Verizon Wireless finally releases XV6800 WM Professional deviceIf it uses 200MHZ processor, don't bother400MHZ or else save you money and go with the TILT.HTC Mogul has had many problemsCheck out the reported problems with the HTC Mogul at:http://www.htcwiki.com/page/HTC+Mogulandhttp://www.htcwiki.com/page/HTC+P4000+and+Mogul+by+HTC?t=anon-- BrockRE: Verizon Wireless finally releases XV6800 WM Professional deviceThe 6800 is awesome....

Tags: gps, keyboard, htc mogul, high tech computer corp., xv6800 3, xv6800 wm professional device, xv6800 wm professional, verizon wireless

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone

A bill winding through the U.S. Congress would go along way to making E911 calls over VoIP lines more efficient. I am referring to the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act. If passed and signed into law, VoIP providers would be able to obtain direct access to...

Tags: backbone, phone, e911, telephony, voip, telecommunications, networking, russell shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-13

News to know: AMD vs Intel; GoogleDrive.com; Microsoft search tweaks

Notable headlines: George Ou: AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough? Paul Murphy: Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2. Garett Rogers: Google secures GoogleDrive.com and updates name servers. Review:  Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse. Harry Fuller: IBM:...

Tags: apple iphone, google inc., hypervisor, virtualization, microsoft corp., advanced micro devices inc., intel corp., larry dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Packet8 CEO: here's how our $199 a year and SunRocket's $199 a year are different

FierceVoIPs Deborah McAdams posts a thorough grok of Packet8 owner 8x8's recent  quarterly conference call.  A good bit of the juicy tidbits pertain to the effect of SunRocket's closing on Packet8.The big factoid: latest numbers show Pakcet 8 has signed up 19,000 former SunRocket subs.That's not necessarily an entirely blessed...

Tags: 8x8, packet8, rnrnfiercevoips deborah mcadams, russell shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Did you ever REALLY think Vonage stock would go below $2 a share?

Well, it has happened.Happened today.Remember in a universe long ago and far away (nearly 18 months ago) when Vonage stock kicked off their IPO at $17.50 and public sale at $17.00 a share?Since then, the backsliding has persisted. Investors have ignored all of those whistling-past-the-graveyard Vonage announcements about increasingly higher...

Tags: vonage, predictions and observations

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Understanding Your Organization's Options for RFID Enabled Asset Tracking

For the past 10 years, closed loop RFID enabled applications; including asset management, port and access security, and Work In Process WIP tracking, have been core offerings in the RFID arena. These solutions have been primarily made up of proprietary RFID systems and infrastructure that were limited to tracking of...

Tags: asset, rfid, asset management, wireless, security, biometrics, operational planning, business operations

White papers 2007-07-25

SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories

SunRocket orphans, send me your switching storiesVonage: morons on the phone...A less than auspicious start to my relationship with Vonage. I signed up on Monday (16 July). They won't give me the 2-month free deal because "that's Tuesday's deal", so unless I cancel my account and reapply from...

Tags: voip, telecommunications, vonage holdings corp., sunrocket, viatalk, here is, phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

Nuvio to SunRocket orphans: we can set you up in "matter of minutes"

Nuvio Corporation is the latest to offer orphaned SunRocket customers a lifeline.The company, which correctly boasts on its SunRocket conversion page that it "has been in business since 2003 and isn't going anywhere," says that within a scalable architecture already built to handle the presumed expansion of its customer...

Tags: news

Blog posts 2007-07-18

My hunch: Vonage's silence could mean looming private equity deal. And then....

Fellow blogger Andy Abramson notes that Vonage- they of the new press release every day- has been awful quiet on that front for at least the last two weeks.Andy thinks, as do I, that this could mean something big is up. After all, why put out flotsam that some...

Tags: vonage, sprintnextel

Blog posts 2007-06-22