It's like gun control, it's illegal to kill someone (in most cases), but yet, Congress seems to want to continue passing gun control laws.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt</b> <<a href="mailto:mhoppes@gmail.com">mhoppes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">How is this new? We've had to be 911 compliant since last year!<br>Nothing new.. move along folks.<br>
<br>On 1/31/07, TV Guy <<a href="mailto:macpissed@gmail.com">macpissed@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Nelson, Clinton, Snowe REIntroduce Voice Over Internet E-911 Legislation<br>><br>> Bill Will Prevent Tragedies By Making Sure Calls for Help Made On
<br>> Internet-Based Telephone Service Connect to Local 911<br>><br>> Washington, DC - Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL); Senator Hillary Rodham<br>> Clinton (D-NY), Co-Chair of the Congressional E-911 Caucus and Senator
<br>> Olympia Snowe (R-ME) today announced that they have reintroduced the<br>> IP Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act. The bill<br>> addresses the need to ensure the growing number of Voice Over Internet
<br>> Protocol (VoIP) telephone service subscribers have full access to 911,<br>> including Enhanced (E)-911 capability that allows 911 dispatchers to<br>> trace the phone number and location of calls for help.<br>
><br>> Unfortunately, we ve seen the tragic consequences when consumers can t<br>> connect to 911 services through their Internet phone company, Senator<br>> Nelson said. VoIP subscribers should feel confident that they will
<br>> have access to emergency services it could be a matter of life or<br>> death.<br>><br>> It is critical that the millions of households using this technology<br>> can reach 911 when tragedy strikes. All emergency calls, whether made
<br>> on a land line, cell phone or Internet-based phone service, need a<br>> rapid response. It could truly make the difference in saving a life,<br>> said Senator Clinton.<br>><br>> The inability of the emergency response network to keep pace with
<br>> voice over Internet protocol technology has left millions of VoIP<br>> subscribers without guaranteed access to emergency services, Senator<br>> Snowe said. Innovation and technological advances should improve the
<br>> lives of Americans, not endanger them. VoIP subscribers should not be<br>> susceptible to substandard emergency service simply because they are<br>> on the cutting edge of in home telecommunications technology.
<br>><br>> VoIP telephone customers are connected to broadband internet lines<br>> instead of traditional phone lines. Ensuring that 911 calls made from<br>> VoIP phones are properly routed and responded to has presented new
<br>> challenges to public safety officials. There have been several<br>> tragedies in which VoIP 911 calls were either routed to closed<br>> business offices instead of emergency dispatcher or could not be<br>> connected.
<br>><br>> The Clinton-Snowe-Nelson bill will allow VoIP companies to patch into<br>> the 911 networks operated by the traditional phone companies. The bill<br>> also ensures that consumers are fully informed if their VoIP provider
<br>> cannot ensure that their 911 call will be properly routed in an<br>> emergency. Furthermore, the legislation tasks the National E-911<br>> Implementation Coordination Office -- created under the ENHANCE Act
<br>> introduced by Senator Clinton and signed into law in 2004 -- to<br>> develop a plan for a nationwide network and make recommendations to<br>> Congress in order to ensure that all 911 VoIP calls are responded to
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