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Texas Attorney General Sues Vonage over 911

Posted by timothy on from the big-daddy-government dept.

bigtallmofo writes "Vonage VoIP customers and readers of many media reports should be aware that Vonage's support for 911 service is less than ideal. Now the Attorney General of the State of Texas is suing Vonage for failing to make clear the limitations of their 911 service. The issue was brought to the AG's attention after a 17-year old Houston girl was unable to reach police after dialing 911 when both of her parents were shot by an intruder."

2 of 599 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Vonage will win by NerdHead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Man, I even previewed this. It's too early in the morning. :0

  2. Vonage will not win by ilyanep · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Even though there's no 100 percent guarantee that a POTS line will get to the 911 center, there is currently a 0 percent guarantee on a VoIP phone. Now, don't you think that might be a little bit of a problem?

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    ~Ilyanep
    To get message, take amount of carrier pigeons at each stage mod 2. Then decode binary.