Thursday, November 10, 2005

No cutoff for Internet phone

Internet telephone providers <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1883372,00.asp?kc=ewnws110805dtx1k0000599">do not have to cut off U.S. subscribers</A> even if they are not provided enhanced 911 emergency service which gives dispatchers their location and phone number, U.S. communications regulators said. Internet telephone providers like Nuvio had worried that the Federal Communications Commission rules adopted in May had required them to suspend by November 28 service for subscribers who cannot receive enhanced 911 service. Existing customers did not have to be disconnected, but the FCC said Internet telephone providers would have to cease marketing and accepting new customers in areas where they are not connecting 911 calls with the person's location and phone number.

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