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It’s Not Your Father’s 911
Since its inception in the late 60’s and wide-spread deployment in the 80’s we have all come to take 911 for granted. No matter where you are in the US, if you dial 911 you expect to be connected to an...
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FCC Looking at Backup Power for CPE
The FCC is currently deliberating whether they should require battery or other power back-up for all voice providers. They asked this question late last year in a Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
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An All-IP Telephone Network?
The FCC posed a very interesting question to the industry. They asked if VoIP should become the only way of delivering voice service. This infers having an all-IP network that is extended out to every...
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FCC Establishes Guidelines for Back-up Power for Voice
In perhaps one of the oddest rulings I have ever seen out of the FCC, they just ordered a very specific set of rules about providing back-up power for telephone lines that are not powered by copper. I...
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The Next Generation of 911
I’ve started noticing news articles talking about the next generation of 911 (NG911), so it seems the public is starting to be aware that there is a big change coming in the way that 911 works. We are...
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A Regulatory Level Playing Field?
There is an interesting discussion worth noting occurring in Europe right now – regulators there are asking if regulations that apply to traditional telecom providers ought not to also apply to...
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The FCC Looks at 911
The FCC recently released its tenth annual report to Congress reporting on the collection and distribution of 911 fees nationwide. The report includes a number of interesting statistics, a few which...
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The Huge CenturyLink Outage
At the end of December CenturyLink had a widespread network outage that lasted over two days. The outage disrupted voice and broadband service across the company’s wide service territory. Probably the...
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Kari’s Law
ISPs should be aware of two new laws that went into effect in January. The first is Kari’s law. This law requires that all phone systems sold, leased or installed after February 16, 2020 must be...
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