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Vonage The Government and the consumer will not wait 10 years for 911 to become a reality
The Government and the consumer will not wait 10 years for 911 to become a reality to Voip companies.
I don't necessarily read everything but it was glaringly obvious to me when on page three of the Linksys PAP2 manual it talks about activating 911. Then when I went to the website for my account, on the features page, top item in RED is the 911 activation option. I read the FAQ's and there was info in there about 911 not being "true" 911. It even mentions it when you are running through the activation process.
I wasn't looking for loopholes with my quote. Vonage, in my eyes, should have had the 911 issue hammered out before they ever offered their product to the public. Honestly I think it's a joke that you have to "activate" 911 dialing but I accepted it when I signed up for the service. 911 should be standard. Customers expect it. Since the major four phone companies don't like competiton, especially competiton that takes customers totally out of the copper line loop where they may never get them back, they have been slow in striking deals with Vonage and other Voip companies. I'm glad that the G has stepped in and said it's time to end this game and that 911 needs to be accessed by Voip customers.
Bottom line is that there is plenty of documentation on the fact that Vonage 911 is not really the 911 you think it is. All you have to do is read a little. Even with the impending 911 changes I still won't really trust the 911 service simply because your entire phone system with Vonage is web based. With some of the recent problems with Comcast coupled with the fact that your web connection could go down unexpectedly (or due to maintenance), I'd rather rely on the 911 service that my cell phone offers or as chupper said, get a cheap, dedicated copper line, for 911 only.
Read The Full Thread: My call to 911 did not work
• Did anyone watch CNN a few minutes ago? They had a lady with her attorney talking
• Ok, after being on the phone with vonage a long time (1+ hour), the vonage employee
• After being on hold and on the phone for over an hour I get a canned response to my
• I'll get this routed to the correct people who should be able to either fix this
• Ill put it in the guys name that handles 911. We have to update the PSAP your particular
• Deadly delay on Vonage 911?
Published: May 9, 2005, 10:55 AM PDT
By Ben Charny
Staff
• I respect Mr Rego's comment - it is very factual. Plus, Vonage is being forced to
• well, he's got 120 days to clean it up now according to the CNet news.
People
• Here is a quote from the Terms and Conditions that everyone who has signed up for
• DING DING. We have a winner. You are dead on jnuzzi. Not only does the ToS state that
cid92 posted "The Government and the consumer will not wait 10 years for 911 to become a reality" on 05/19/2005 |
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