Senate Passes VoIP Enhanced 911 Bill

SENATE PASSES VOIP ENHANCED 911 BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Senate passed a bill to ensure that voice-over-Internet-protocol phone-service providers like cable companies can deliver 911 service to their customers. It must now be squared with a similar bill already passed in the House before it can be sent to the president for his signature. The IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act would give cable companies and other VoIP providers the same interconnection access on the same terms as traditional carriers to ensure that 911 calls reach a local operator and that the operator can also determine the source of the emergency call -- so-called enhanced 911 service.
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