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- E911
- (Enhanced 911) Refers to 911 emergency service on cellular and Internet telephone calls VoIP. In 1996, the FCC mandated a two-phase implementation for cellphone carriers to be completed...
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- 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
- Until this happens, VoIP E911 will be an illusion
- At CTIA I attended a presentation on next-generation E911 for mobile VoIP.Two of the presenters were Tim Lorello, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer, TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., and William Clay, Vice President E-911 Product Development at Level 3 Communications.In one of Bill Clay's slides shown at the top of this post,...
- Tags: E911, Endpoint-generated locationWiremap LIS
- Blog posts 2006-04-10
- 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
- VoIP E911 challenges: and the Master Street Address Guide
- If you think that VoIP E911 is "here," and that most of the problems have been solved, you really need to read my colleague Anne Broache's piece entitled Net phone providers describe E911 obstacles.On the scene this week at a suburban D.C. conference sponsored by the National Emergency Number Association,...
- Tags: Anne Broache, E911
- Blog posts 2006-03-08
- 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..."
- 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
- Only this solution will solve the VoIP E911 mess
- Today is the day that VoIP service providers who are unable to offer E911 service in specific regions must stop signing up new customers in those areas.I expect a whole bunch of compliance reports to arrive at the FCC today. And, I would not be utterly shocked if the FCC...
- Tags: GPS, VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-11-29
- Alternate Senate bill eases up on Nomadic VoIP
- I don't have any quarrel with the good intentions of FCC edicts that E-911 access over nomadic VoIP be required, and quickly at that. This is more of a well-intentioned public spirited mandate there are such things than another big-government bureaucratic edict, but still, I have problems with it.Nomadic E911...
- Tags: VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-10-27
- USAToday, you are wrong: CallVantage Heartbeat does *not* solve VoIP E911
- The AT&T CallVantage p.r. machine is in high gear about a new AT&T CallVantage nomadic E911 solution called Heartbeat. Today's USAToday even has a feature story about it. AT&T Solves VoIPs 911 Issue, the article is slugged.Sorry, USAToday, but you are wrong. This is a step in the right direction,...
- Tags: AT&T CallVantage
- Blog posts 2005-10-11
- I weigh in on Ted's 10 VoIP predictions
- Some months back, fellow VoIP blogger Ted Wallingford posted a list of his top ten predictions for the VoIP industry.He now revisits this list with a progress/lack of progress report on each.Let's visit some of Ted's points, see what he says, then read what I have to say.10. You’ll give...
- Tags: VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-10-10
- 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
- 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
- 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
- VoIP providers to customers: tell us you understand E911 is limited for now
- The FCC is requiring VoIP service providers to obtain acknowledgement from customers that they understand the current limitations of their provider's E911 service.The requirement is to be fulfilled by July 29. That's a week from tomorrow, you know?According to an article in telephony news site Voxilla, some service providers are...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP company, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-07-21
- Level 3 introduces nomadic E-911 solution
- Today, Level 3 Communications announced what I believe to be one of the more creative solutions to nomadic E-911 access for VoIP users.In this context, "nomadic E-911" means that if you are VoIP user dialing "911" from a different location than the one you've registered with and is associated with...
- Tags: E911
- Blog posts 2005-06-27
- FCC to VoIP carriers: zero tolerance for vague E911 language
- Colleague Ben Charny points to an Federal Communications Commission E911 VoIP provider compliance directive that upon reading, is more strict and specific than has generally been reported.I've just read the 91-page document, and it appears that the FCC order expects all VoIP providers to adhere to very specific E911 customer...
- Tags: VoIP, E911
- Blog posts 2005-06-15
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