{"id":34732,"date":"2011-07-20T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=34732"},"modified":"2016-07-08T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T15:02:53","slug":"new-911-rules-for-voip-service-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/new-911-rules-for-voip-service-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"New 9-1-1 Rules for VoIP Service Providers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FCC is considering new rules and regulations for 9-1-1 use and accuracy\u00a0through VoIP service providers.<\/p>\n<p>FierceCable&#8217;s Lynnette Luna explains that the <a title=\"FCC mulls new 911 rules for VoIP service providers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fiercecable.com\/story\/fcc-mulls-new-911-rules-voip-service-providers\/2011-07-19\" target=\"_blank\">FCC is contemplating these requirements<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Existing 9-1-1 Rules<\/strong>:\u00a0 Existing rules to be\u00a0applied to both two-way interconnected VoIP services\u00a0and outbound-only interconnected VoIP services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic Location Information<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0All interconnected VoIP providers will be required to provide automatic location information\u00a0instead of\u00a0relying only on\u00a0subscriber registered locations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location Accuracy:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Improved location accuracy to be employed for calls made indoors\u00a0which will\u00a0include large office buildings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging Location Technology<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Emerging location technologies are to play a role in locating VoIP 9-1-1 calls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Location, Location, Location<\/h2>\n<p>The possible &#8220;emerging location technology requirement&#8221; may also have to include businesses that are not\u00a0VoIP service providers.\u00a0 That is to say, broadband cable providers\u00a0would have to assist with supporting 9-1-1 locations.\u00a0 An added task that is expected to be met with resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC however is thinking that the most efficient solution for automatic location information lies in broadband providers and VoIP service providers both lending a hand in the process.<\/p>\n<h2>If It Aint Broke&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Luna notes that some say the existing VoIP call locating system already works well while Vonage\u00a0 claims that their cooperation with local authorities provides better location info than cell phone companies currently offer.<\/p>\n<p>But with\u00a0<a title=\"Why VoIP Security Matters to You\" href=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/why-voip-security-matters-to-you\/\">VoIP security a rising concern<\/a>, deceptive callers can fudge their actual location and potentially tie up valuable emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiercecable.com\/story\/fcc-mulls-new-911-rules-voip-service-providers\/2011-07-19\" target=\"_blank\">FierceCable<\/a>\u00a0and <strong>ConnectedPlanet<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FCC is considering new rules and regulations for 9-1-1 use and accuracy\u00a0through VoIP service providers. FierceCable&#8217;s Lynnette Luna explains that the FCC is contemplating these requirements: Existing 9-1-1 Rules:\u00a0 Existing rules to be\u00a0applied to both two-way interconnected VoIP services\u00a0and outbound-only interconnected VoIP services. Automatic Location Information:\u00a0\u00a0All interconnected VoIP providers will be required to provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voip-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197143,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34732\/revisions\/197143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}