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Cougyr
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posted 26 August 2005 12:06 PM

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So to "safeguard" us, the FCC has set a deadline for VoIP providers to inform us hapless customers of this flaw. If the VoIP vendors can't provide proof of knowledge on our part...their services get taken offline and all of us lose phone service--including the ability to dial 911.

here

Looks like the traditional phone companies have found a way to strike back.

[ 26 August 2005: Message edited by: Cougyr ]

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HeywoodFloyd
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posted 26 August 2005 01:43 PM

Shaw Cable has full access to 911 wherever they have their phone service.

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Cougyr
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posted 26 August 2005 02:43 PM

I'm a bit puzzled that Voip doesn't automatically connect to whatever a user dials. I thought it would work like any other phone. Do some phone companies block 911 to those who don't suscribe?

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jrootham
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posted 26 August 2005 03:29 PM

The problem with VOIP is that you can't tell where the phone is. You can dial 911 and get connected but you may be in Katmandu and the 911 operator's screen says you are in Toronto.

This is less an attack on VOIP than it is an attack on deceptive advertising practises.

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Cougyr
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posted 26 August 2005 03:38 PM

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Originally posted by jrootham:
The problem with VOIP is that you can't tell where the phone is.

That's my big problem with Internet searches; they don't go from the local to the remote as one would do with the Yellow Pages.

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radiorahim
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posted 29 August 2005 01:27 AM

My understanding is that the situation is a bit different in Canada. The VOiP providers "upfront" are required to provide 911 service.

When you move you've got to let your VOiP provider know so that they can transfer your 911 service to the right area.

From the article it looks like the FCC has decided to require VOiP services to supply 911 service "after the horse is out of the gate"...so yeah it looks a little on the messy side.

The 911 service is one of those things that you only realize the importance of once you have to use it.

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