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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have appreciated the responses that many of you have had
to my prior posting regarding what the FCC is contemplating doing this month regarding
E911 and VoIP. The simple fact is that there is huge political pressure to
present a solution to the problem regarding 911 and VoIP. I understand the
argument that this is not POTS and was not designed to be POTS, but that is not
going to carry the day anymore. We are going to have to implement some type of
solution. Nuvio has lobbied hard that the I-2 NENA standard is not an
acceptable solution, certainly not achievable in any short time frame (2-5
years), and would force most providers out of business due to the hardware
costs, ongoing interconnection cost to EVERY PSAP in the country, and lack of
legal right to actual interconnect with that PSAP. We are advocating that
there be a modified I-3 solution which would provide for IP interconnects and
some standard for which the ALI databases and other relevant information is
verified and then implemented. The cellular world was provided close to 10
years for a similar 911 type system (which is only working sporadically across
the country) and I think VoIP providers can do much more in much less if
necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>That being said, for those of you that feel like writing a
technical letter to the FCC detailing the various problems of nomadic VoIP,
interconnection rights issues, location determination, access to PSAPs in
locales where you do not have CLEC arrangements, etc, I would encourage that to
happen within the next 2 days. By law, I believe the record will close on this
either Tuesday or Wednesday and after that you will have no chance to issues
comments on any order. The proceeding is 04-36 and you can file ex-parte
comments. Nuvio has filed many such letters regarding this, broadband
discrimination, etc. You can search the FCC system to see how those filings look.
I would be more than happy to email any of you interested our latest regarding
911 for guidance. These filing need to be technical in nature and not simply
concerned with rants and other issues about consumer choice (ie they can’t
choose not to have 911), this isn’t POTS type arguments, and other
various “political” arguments. We would be happy to shoulder the
legal costs of preparing another filing based on smaller independent providers
as a type of coalition. If you are interested in signing onto this, please let
me know off-list with pertinent details of your company, where based, type of
service, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Similarly, if you feel that you do not have the time or
inclination to draft a technical ex-parte letter, it is going to be
increasingly important to have your local congressional representative or
senator send a letter to Chairman Martin talking about the harmful effect of
overbroad orders and what it will do to this emerging industry. I have a draft
letter that I will be happy to share with anyone come Monday. Contact me
off-list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-jason<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jason P. Talley</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chief Executive Officer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>NUVIO CORPORATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone: 816-444-4422 ext. 6711</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fax: 816-333-5915</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.nuvio.com/" title="http://www.nuvio.com/">http://www.nuvio.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:jason@nuvio.com"
title="mailto:jason@nuvio.com">jason@nuvio.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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