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Then in May, the FCC ordered VoIP providers to offer E911 service by late November. review article providing background on VoIP technology and challenges of E911,
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Challenges continue to mount for the Federal Communications Commission's
(FCC) mandate that Voice over IP (define) providers make enhanced 911
(E911) services available to their customers nationwide by Nov. 28.
Monday, wholesale VoIP provider Nuvio appealed the order and asked the court
to expedite the decision no later than Nov. 7. T-Mobile and the National
Emergency Number Association (NENA), along with trade groups CompTel and the
VON Coalition, have already filed with the FCC for further clarification of
the May 19 order.
The Kansas-based Nuvio, however, is the first to take the matter to court.
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Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscribers having full access to Enhanced (E)-911 This legislation will make certain that VoIP providers have a clear mandate
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"Nuvio fully supports the FCC's goal of protecting public safety, but
respectfully submits that some of the specific requirements are subject to
substantial challenge," Nuvio stated in its filing with the U.S. Court of
Appeals in the District of Columbia.
Nuvio characterized the FCC order as "unreasonable, arbitrary, and because
technologically infeasible, capricious."
According to Nuvio, the FCC knew the technological obstacles were "nowhere
near being overcome" when the agency imposed a 120-day transition period for
VoIP providers to install E911 on their systems.
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Others will face challenges not only related to supporting E911 within the given The FCCs E911 ruling was not a shot across the bow of VoIP providers.
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Because of the inherent portability of VoIP and the ability to use the
service wherever a broadband connection is available, Internet telephone
services frequently route 911 calls to public safety administrative offices
instead of directly sending the calls to Public Service Answering Points.
"[The FCC order] effectively places on each VoIP provider a requirement to
provide E911 service everywhere in the United States," the Nuvio filing
states.
The new FCC rules mandate that Internet telephone companies deliver all 911
calls to the customer's local emergency operator. VoIP firms are required to
provide the emergency operators with a callback number and the location
information of their customers.
The FCC also ordered incumbent carriers to work with VoIP providers on the
911 issues, but did not specify either timeframes or cost.
In addition to the looming Nov. 28 deadline, the FCC is also requiring VoIP
providers to inform both their new and existing customers of nomadic 911
capabilities and limitations and receive and record affirmative
acknowledgements from each customer.
Customers who fail to make the acknowledgement faced the possibility of
their VoIP service being discontinued. To further underscore the point, the
FCC ordered providers to distribute warning labels to subscribers about
possible VoIP 911 limitations.
Last month, the FCC granted VoIP providers another 30 days until the end of
August to inform customers and obtain acknowledgements.
"Even [Nuvio's] best efforts are unlikely to create complete compliance,
dependent as they must be on undeveloped technology and the rapid
cooperation of third parties," Nuvio states.
Nuvio also feels the VoIP industry is being unfairly singled out since
wireless carriers are not likely to be fully compliant with an FCC order
to have 95 percent of their customers using a handset capable of providing
location data.
According to the Nuvio filing, "Where the mobile wireless industry requires
in excess of 10 years to meet its E911 obligations, [the FCC] expects VoIP
providers to provide nationwide E911 access in 120 days."
Nuvio CEO Jason Talley said in a separate statement, "In fact, the record
clearly shows that wireless companies have been given decades to implement
this type of 911 service and are still far from completion."
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