Under increasing pressure from both industry and the press, the FCC relented today and postponed its deadline for forcing VoIP providers to begin disconnection efforts related to its e911 ruling. The FCC had required VoIP providers to notify its customers of certain aspects of e911 service, and to notify them by August 28.
The FCC initially postponed this deadline until September 28. Customers not notified were to be cut off from all VoIP services except calling out to 911. Increasingly desperate VoIP providers, facing the prospect of disconnecting customers, pleaded with the Commission to extend even that deadline.
The FCC has now extended the deadline until October 31, provided the VoIP provider delivers a status report by October 25. However, providers that have notified at least 90% of customers (the FCC says there are 53 of these) are considered to have satisfied their requirements.
Cynthia Brumfield at 3:18 PM|Comments(0)
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