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Vonage No, actually, according to what I've read they didn't "realize" it, because Vonage
No, actually, according to what I've read they didn't "realize" it, because Vonage has claimed all along that they are not a "telephone" company, and used that as an argument to not have to offer E911.
Vonage and the other Voip companies thought, up until last year, that might not need to implement 911. After all, the "phone lines" they sell are not tied to an address. And people have been using Voip for YEARS without needing to fiddle and fuss with 911. Heck, I've used Voip for over 15 years in one form or another, starting with Microsoft NetMeeting over a dialup connection to save toll charges to talk to my brother in Alaska and Japan.
Then, last year, the FCC ruled that Voip companies, while not subject to individual state regulations, do have to comply with E911. The law was passed sometime around the time I joined last July, so I got a double flurry of emails telling me to be sure and register an address so they could implement what they could of E911/911 ASAP.
I suspect (but don't know since I don't sit in the boardroom) that Vonage held off these fees as long as they could to build their customer base, which is their #1 goal right now. They knew these fees would be unpopular, so they funded the startup of 911/E911, but their startup reserves are burning away fast, like many startups, and they need to start raising the funds to continue the E911 initative.
Obviously, another compliance fee isn't exactly going to be popular. I know I'm not doing handstands for joy. But I've been paying 911 fees for 15 years now on all of my phone lines, in one case for FIVE years before basic 911 was implemented, and I expect the Voip companies will start tacking on all the fees, taxes, surcharges, franchise fees, reclamation fees, because-we-feel-like-it fees, etc that every other phone/cell company in the US already charges, as they get recognized as a phone company more and more.
Don't like it? Tell your congresscritter that you DO NOT WANT Voip companies treated like telephone companies. You DO NOT WANT Vonage to have to serve up 911 at all. Then Vonage can collect the fee for a few months and reclaim their lost leader money on trying to set up 911 in the first place, and cancel all their 911/E911 contracts and shut all that equipment down and sell it off, and then there's no need for the fee, because there's no expensive 911 infrastructure to build and maintain.
Read The Full Thread: New Fee. Woo hoo.Woo, hoo hoo.
• 02.15.06 **IMPORTANT!**
911 Fees & Emergency 911 Cost Recovery
• Okay. This one is fine, though I think .99 is on the excessive profit side.
• I'd certainly be more amenable to paying the fee if I actually had E911.
But
• I'm just curious as to why it is being applied to fax lines. I would like the ability
• And the second fee will be how much and for what please?
• Sounds a smidge like someone's preparing for an IPO and realized it's a little
• I, too, would appreciate the option on a line by line basis to 'opt out' of 911 and
• I tend to agree. The vonage IPO is not getting a warm reception at the moment and
• I'd like a clarification on what exactly is E911. As I understand it E911 is when
• What is the difference between E911 and Vonage 911 Dialing?
E911 service
NateHoy posted "No, actually, according to what I've read they didn't "realize" it, because Vonage" on 02/17/2006 |
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