[Asterisk-Users] RE:Qwest opens 911 infrastructure to Vonage

[Me]

This is good but if your company name isn't Vonage, how do you get access?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norm Zimon" <nzimon at zimontelecom.com>
To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" 
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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:39 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE:Qwest opens 911 infrastructure to Vonage


> FYI!!!
>
>
> Qwest opens 911 infrastructure to Vonage
>
> Qwest Communications has agreed to give Vonage access to its 911
> infrastructure. The deal will allow 911 calls from Vonage customers to
> travel over Qwest's emergency calling infrastructure in 14 states,
> enabling the calls to proceed directly to emergency dispatchers. News of
> the arrangement appeared in a letter Vonage sent to the FCC earlier this
> week. The agreement puts added pressure on the other Bell operating
> phone companies--BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon
> Communications--to open their 911 infrastructures to Vonage and other
> VoIP services. Qwest, the smallest of the four Bell operating companies,
> has trialed a Net-phone 911 service in Rhode Island and is promising to
> launch a trial in New York City.
>
>
>
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