[asterisk-biz] Re: Retail VoIP E911

[Larry Hancock]

The plain truth is that about 45 percent of broadband lines in the United
States are ADSL lines. Those lines nearly always have a PSTN line provided
with the broadband service at no additional charge. That is also true in
nearly every other country.

If you use CPE equipment from Zoom with its "TelePort", you will have E911
compliance at no additional monthly cost. Zoom's product uses the PSTN for
emergency calling, and it also reports to the server that there is a PSTN
line connected. That reporting function assures compliance with the FCC
mandate. 

There are other advantages to this approach but it could also be easier to sell VoIP 
if customers are asked to migrate to VoIP rather than make a cold turkey switch.

This way customers can be offered all benefit and no negatives. VoIP can let them
continue with their PSTN service and receive all PSTN benefits while also
gaining new capabilities such as a free second phone line, far lower
long distance rates, a very rich set of extra features at little extra cost - 
without asking them to give up anything.


And with this approach, VoIP services are not likely to lose revenue. Devices
like Zoom's gateways and ATAs can be set to use VoIP services as the
default. If a VoIP service plan is usage based, the revenue will develop
while the consumers will be introduced to VoIP in a very non-threatening
manner. 

-- Larry
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