Like I said. Quit whining and proposing ridiculous "what-if" scenarios (this is the BIZ-List after all) and listen to what Jason is saying. Band together, file technical letters with the FCC, and or contact your congress-person. If you are a small mom-pop operator this is the ONLY chance you have of possibly making ANY impact. Step up or step off -- the choice is yours.....
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 10:54:40 PM, Jason Talley wrote: > I have appreciated the responses that many of you have hadto my > prior posting regarding what the FCC is contemplating doing this > month regardingE911 and VoIP.� The simple fact is that there is huge > political pressure topresent a solution to the problem regarding 911 > and VoIP.� I understand theargument that this is not POTS and was > not designed to be POTS, but that is notgoing to carry the day > anymore.� We are going to have to implement some type ofsolution.� > Nuvio has lobbied hard that the I-2 NENA standard is not > anacceptable solution, certainly not achievable in any short time > frame (2-5years), and would force most providers out of business due > to the hardwarecosts, ongoing interconnection cost to EVERY PSAP in > the country, and lack oflegal right to actual interconnect with that > PSAP.� We are advocating thatthere be a modified I-3 solution which > would provide for IP interconnects andsome standard for which the > ALI databases and other relevant information isverified and then > implemented.� The cellular world was provided close to 10years for a > similar 911 type system (which is only working sporadically > acrossthe country) and I think VoIP providers can do much more in > much less ifnecessary. > � > That being said, for those of you that feel like writing > atechnical letter to the FCC detailing the various problems of > nomadic VoIP,interconnection rights issues, location determination, > access to PSAPs inlocales where you do not have CLEC arrangements, > etc, I would encourage that tohappen within the next 2 days.� By > law, I believe the record will close on thiseither Tuesday or > Wednesday and after that you will have no chance to issuescomments > on any order.� The proceeding is 04-36 and you can file > ex-partecomments.� Nuvio has filed many such letters regarding this, > broadbanddiscrimination, 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 regarding911 for guidance.� These filing > need to be technical in nature and not simplyconcerned with rants > and other issues about consumer choice (ie they can�tchoose not to > have 911), this isn�t POTS type arguments, and othervarious > �political� arguments. We would be happy to shoulder thelegal costs > of preparing another filing based on smaller independent providersas > a type of coalition.� If you are interested in signing onto this, > please letme know off-list with pertinent details of your company, > where based, type ofservice, etc. > � > Similarly, if you feel that you do not have the time > orinclination to draft a technical ex-parte letter, it is going to > beincreasingly important to have your local congressional > representative orsenator send a letter to Chairman Martin talking > about the harmful effect ofoverbroad orders and what it will do to > this emerging industry.� I have a draftletter that I will be happy > to share with anyone come Monday.� Contact meoff-list. > � > -jason > � > � > Jason P. Talley > Chief Executive Officer > NUVIO CORPORATION > Phone: 816-444-4422 ext. 6711 > Fax: 816-333-5915 > http://www.nuvio.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > � _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
