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FCC: VoIP Providers Must Provide 911 Services
acadiel writes "The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the FCC will require VoIP providers to provide 911 location services. This will mean extra $$$ that the VoIP providers will have to put out, which ultimately means extra $$$ that the consumer will have to put out. This is the first step in regulating an industry that should have been left alone..." I hope network end-points and physical location aren't going to be too tightly linked; one of the appeals of VoIP is using it from anywhere that has an adequate Internet connection.
wait for it....
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GO!!
Fsking? What the fuck is this word?
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Who needs standards when one can take a good idea and change it just a little so that everyone has to buy your version of it?
You people are bitching about 911 service?! Do you complain when that *big government* fire department shows up with their *oppressive* hoses to save your shit when it's on fire?
:muttering under breath:
Just go move to your shack in Montana and let the rest of us have a functioning community.
(damn code filter!)
What would happen when your broadband ISP cuts you off because you have exceeded their daily/weekly/monthly download limits?
Its' about time. I'm much too lazy to reach for the phone, 4 feet away. Sitting all day in front of a computer, now and then, I get a nasty case of raster burn and leg cramps. Now, all I need is a maid. She could answer the door when the EMs knock.
Did I hear "call center"? Let's outsource them to India!
"Thank you for calling your local E-911 enabled emergency center -- how may I assist you today with your problem?"
"Help! I'm being stabbed to death."
"Ah yes sir I am understanding that you are being stabbed. I need to collect some information from you first. Is your address 192 Smith St?"
"Yes! Oh god help me!"
"Yes sir I am understanding that your address is correct on my screen. How may I assist you?"
"OOOOOOOOOOH GOOOOOOOOD NOOOOOOOOOO HEEEEEEEEELP ME."
"Yes sir I am understanding that you are needing assistance but we have procedure that we need to follow. Can I please verify your e-mail address per our records?"
[dead air]
"Hello? Sir?"
"Sir are you there? Hello?"
[click]
(There goes my karma ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
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