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For example, Vonage Holdings Corp. CEO Jeffrey Citron told Light Reading his company will spend "tens of millions," and VoIP Main Page
untold man-hours to access the wireline emergency systems (controlled by the ILECs in most cases) needed to provide E911. In fact, most U.S. VOIP providers are now working to establish such connections before the November
28 FCC deadline (see Level 3 Expands E911 VOIP, Vonage to Buy E911 Service From RBOCs, RBOCs Change VoIP Main Page
Tone on VOIP E911, and Global Crossing Announces VOIP Service ). So implementing automatic location discovery using GPS is an option for most
VOIP companies today. We haven't VoIP Main Page
announced a solution on the nomadic users as yet, says AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T - message board) spokesman Gary Morgenstern. We are trying out different things in the lab right now, but that will be a later announcement. That [GPS] is certainly one way to skin the cat, VoIP Main Page
Morgenstern says. But the VOIP community may be forced to act sooner than later on the issue. The FCC is already testing the waters for eventually requiring automatic VoIP Main Page
address collection. Chairman Kevin Martin has said VOIP should have all
the E911 capability of wireline phone service.
For example, Vonage Holdings Corp. CEO Jeffrey Citron told Light Reading his company will spend "tens of millions," and VoIP Main Page
untold man-hours to access the wireline emergency systems (controlled by the ILECs in most cases) needed to provide E911. In fact, most U.S. VOIP providers are now working to establish such connections before the November
28 FCC deadline (see Level 3 Expands E911 VOIP, Vonage to Buy E911 Service From RBOCs, RBOCs Change VoIP Main Page
Tone on VOIP E911, and Global Crossing Announces VOIP Service ). So implementing automatic location discovery using GPS is an option for most
VOIP companies today. We haven't VoIP Main Page
announced a solution on the nomadic users as yet, says AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T - message board) spokesman Gary Morgenstern. We are trying out different things in the lab right now, but that will be a later announcement. That [GPS] is certainly one way to skin the cat, VoIP Main Page
Morgenstern says. But the VOIP community may be forced to act sooner than later on the issue. The FCC is already testing the waters for eventually requiring automatic VoIP Main Page
address collection. Chairman Kevin Martin has said VOIP should have all
the E911 capability of wireline phone service.
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