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FCC 9.5
Revised as of October 1, 2008
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2009
Sec. 9.5 E911 Service.
(a) Scope of Section. The following requirements are only applicable to
providers of interconnected VoIP services. Further, the following
requirements apply only to 911 calls placed by users whose Registered
Location is in a geographic area served by a Wireline E911 Network (which,
as defined in Sec. 9.3, includes a selective router).
(b) E911 Service. As of November 28, 2005:
(1) Interconnected VoIP service providers must, as a condition of providing
service to a consumer, provide that consumer with E911 service as described
in this section;
(2) Interconnected VoIP service providers must transmit all 911 calls, as
well as ANI and the caller's Registered Location for each call, to the PSAP,
designated statewide default answering point, or appropriate local emergency
authority that serves the caller's Registered Location and that has been
designated for telecommunications carriers pursuant to Sec. 64.3001 of this
chapter, provided that “all 911 calls” is defined as “any voice
communication initiated by an interconnected VoIP user dialing 911;”
(3) All 911 calls must be routed through the use of ANI and, if necessary,
pseudo-ANI, via the dedicated Wireline E911 Network; and
(4) The Registered Location must be available to the appropriate PSAP,
designated statewide default answering point, or appropriate local emergency
authority from or through the appropriate automatic location information
(ALI) database.
(c) Service Level Obligation. Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph
(b) of this section, if a PSAP, designated statewide default answering
point, or appropriate local emergency authority is not capable of receiving
and processing either ANI or location information, an interconnected VoIP
service provider need not provide such ANI or location information; however,
nothing in this paragraph affects the obligation under paragraph (b) of this
section of an interconnected VoIP service provider to transmit via the
Wireline E911 Network all 911 calls to the PSAP, designated statewide
default answering point, or appropriate local emergency authority that
serves the caller's Registered Location and that has been designated for
telecommunications carriers pursuant to Sec. 64.3001 of this chapter.
(d) Registered Location Requirement. As of November 28, 2005, interconnected
VoIP service providers must:
(1) Obtain from each customer, prior to the initiation of service, the
physical location at which the service will first be utilized; and
(2) Provide their end users one or more methods of updating their Registered
Location, including at least one option that requires use only of the CPE
necessary to access the interconnected VoIP service. Any method utilized
must allow an end user to update the Registered Location at will and in a
timely manner.
(e) Customer Notification. Each interconnected VoIP service provider shall:
(1) Specifically advise every subscriber, both new and existing, prominently
and in plain language, of the circumstances under which E911 service may not
be available through the interconnected VoIP service or may be in some way
limited by comparison to traditional E911 service. Such circumstances
include, but are not limited to, relocation of the end user's IP-compatible
CPE, use by the end user of a non-native telephone number, broadband
connection failure, loss of electrical power, and delays that may occur in
making a Registered Location available in or through the ALI database;
(2) Obtain and keep a record of affirmative acknowledgement by every
subscriber, both new and existing, of having received and understood the
advisory described in paragraph (e)(1) of this section; and
(3) Distribute to its existing subscribers warning stickers or other
appropriate labels warning subscribers if E911 service may be limited or not
available and instructing the subscriber to place them on or near the
equipment used in conjunction with the interconnected VoIP service. Each
interconnected VoIP provider shall distribute such warning stickers or other
appropriate labels to each new subscriber prior to the initiation of that
subscriber's service.
(f) Compliance Letter. All interconnected VoIP providers must submit a
letter to the Commission detailing their compliance with this section no
later than November 28, 2005.
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