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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know I shouldn't feed a troll,
but.......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally, I think that it is completely
reasonable for people offering VOIP to PSTN termination services to pay for E911
when they offer such termination services to customers as primary telephone
lines. I know taxes are unpopular with some people, but our
emergency response infrastructure needs to be supported somehow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, you might have a point if you pointed out that
you may have too many tax juristictions involved to make it work. But this
is a matter of implimentation, not a matter of the concept. Maybe we need
some reform in how this is handled to accomodate VOIP but saying that those who
provide gateway services to the PSTN are not responsible for helping support our
emergency services on the PSTN is simply crazy. We are not talking
about "VOIP" here per se, but rather the connectivity to and from the
PSTN.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly, I assume that you want fair
competition. In that case, you can either get rid of E911 service entirely
or force non-traditional telecoms to comply.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
<DIV><BR>Best Wishes,</DIV>
<DIV>Chris Travers</DIV>
<DIV>Metatron Technology Consulting</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kjv@ken-ton.com href="mailto:kjv@ken-ton.com">Karl J. Vesterling</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mhoppes@gmail.com
href="mailto:mhoppes@gmail.com">Matt</A> ; <A
title=asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com">Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> E911 Legislation (was) Re:
[Asterisk-Users] VoiPSupply Dot Com</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>E911 legislation has no business being applied to
VOIP... <BR>That gets the FCC involved, and is a foot in the door to
legislating the internet itself.<BR><BR>Nope... I'll have none of
that... <BR><BR>Get a junk cell phone and keep it handy if you want E911
service. It doesn't even have to be active on anyones network. Any
cell phone, whether active or inactive is able to place an E911
call.<BR><BR><BR>At 08:02 AM 6/2/2005, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Yes.. you should have spent 16
hours browsing the small print and<BR>Terms of Service (if it took you that
long). Good Grief man! You<BR>must be one of those people sueing
Vonage because their 9-1-1 setup<BR>procedure isn't
clear!</BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>[snip]<BR><BR><BR>Best Regards, <BR>Karl J.
Vesterling<BR><B>E-Mail:</B> kjv@ken-ton.com<BR>
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