The Cal. PUC should ‘make the obligation for 911 universal servic...
The Cal. PUC should “make the obligation for 911 universal service a precondition to accessing phone numbers through the North American Numbering Plan,” PUC member Susan Kennedy told the VON Conference in San Jose Wed. evening. “That is the…
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only solution that is technologically neutral, limited to services that functionally replace traditional telephone services, at least for the foreseeable future, and is easily enforceable.” This policy would “go one step further” than “the VON Coalition’s agreement with the National Emergency Number Assn. on providing 911 services for VoIP users, and the Coalition’s express endorsement of moving to a numbers or connections based contribution mechanism for universal service,” Kennedy said. The VoIP sector needs to generate more public policy proposals and agreements with broadband providers. That would protect “Internet freedom,” as embraced by FCC Chmn. Powell and the High-Tech Broadband Coalition, and ensure the technology realizes its promise of preventing oligopoly and rendering most telecom regulation superfluous, Kennedy said.