[asterisk-biz] 911 required for termination/origination only?

[trixter aka Bret McDanel]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 23:59 -0600, Mark wrote:
> The latest trend I see in this is like Stanaphone has done with their 
> claim that they are "not an interconnected provider".

That is becuase only "interconnected voip providers" are required to do
e911.

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/voip911.html
for laymans terms (not totally binding)
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/voip911order.pdf
for the actual order (binding)

An interconnected Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service is a
service that: 
(1) enables real-time, two-way voice communications; 
(2) requires a broadband connection from the user’s location;
(3) requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment
(CPE); and 
(4) permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the
public switched telephone network and to
terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.

#1 is generally true of all voip providers.  

#2 can aparently be gotten arouned by limiting channels and using low
bandwidth codecs such that broadband isnt required

#3 is questionable, I think it leads to a superfluous interpretation if
all equipment qualifies whether or not provided by or required by the
provider.  If its a BYOD plan I dont think this should count, however
its judges that really matter on this one.  The qualifier IP compatible
could lead it to differentiate between one type of phone and another, as
such if you use any IP compatible phone you qualify under #3.  Court
cases I am sure will tell this in the future, but I wouldnt want to be
the test case.

#4 uses the word 'and' and not 'or'.  Which means that if you do like
stanaphone and split inbound from outbound and offer two different
packages that way neither one qualifies.  Whether or not stanaphone can
do this 'under one roof' remains to be seen.  Certainly if you sell
consolodated packages that include both you qualify, and if you provide
only one you shouldnt, its grey when you provide both unless you do it
through two totally different fronts and possibly two seperate legal
entities, even if they work well with each other.  In short you should
seperate inbound and outbound servers at the very least.


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