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Vonage 911 Deadline Passed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the competition-never-hinders-progress dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo is reporting that the FCC may block any new customers wishing to sign up with Vonage. The internet phone service company has passed the Monday deadline that was given to them to provide reliable 911 service. From the article: "The company -- which has more than 1 million subscribers -- said it was capable of transmitting a call back number and location for 100 percent of its subscribers, but that it still was waiting for cooperation from competitors that control the 911 network."

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  1. Fines by Punboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Shouldn't the uncooperative companies be fined/sued? After all, they were supposed to cooperate and they didn't.

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    1. Re:Fines by suso · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That would be Unamerican

      I think that depends on whether the year is mod 4.

    2. Re:Fines by XorNand · · Score: 5, Insightful

      From the time the FCC released the new rules, VoIP providers only had four months to provide E911 services to all of their customers. Wireless carriers (who have considerably more clout and better paid lobbyists), were given ten years to comply. Still think it's fair to start slapping fines on an industry that's barely out of the gate?

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