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The same technology used for tracking sex offenders and stolen cars will soon be used to locate VOIP users who dial 911. At least two U.S. companies have married global positioning system (GPS) technology VoIP Main Page
with VOIP, so that VOIP 911 callers can be located automatically in an emergency -- even if
they've given no address to VoIP Main Page
their VOIP provider beforehand. GPS E911 goes even one step past the requirements of the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that all VOIP providers facilitate "enhanced" 911 service for all customers (see VoIP Main Page
Sources: FCC Will Force
VOIP E911). While the order requires providers to have physical addresses on file for all their customers, it allows for the customers to provide those addresses themselves (see FCC Requires VOIP VoIP Main Page
E911).
The same technology used for tracking sex offenders and stolen cars will soon be used to locate VOIP users who dial 911. At least two U.S. companies have married global positioning system (GPS) technology VoIP Main Page
with VOIP, so that VOIP 911 callers can be located automatically in an emergency -- even if
they've given no address to VoIP Main Page
their VOIP provider beforehand. GPS E911 goes even one step past the requirements of the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that all VOIP providers facilitate "enhanced" 911 service for all customers (see VoIP Main Page
Sources: FCC Will Force
VOIP E911). While the order requires providers to have physical addresses on file for all their customers, it allows for the customers to provide those addresses themselves (see FCC Requires VOIP VoIP Main Page
E911).
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