Vermont PUC Won't Probe 911 Reliability
The Vermont Public Utility Commission chose not to investigate E-911 reliability including operation and management of 911 and possible state backup power requirements for wireless and VoIP systems. In a Friday order (login required) the PUC dismissed a petition in…
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docket 8842 by Charles Larkin and Stephen Whitaker, telecom and IT professionals who designed, engineered and implemented the state’s E-911 system (see 1611250019 and 1702240027). “Issues specific to the E911 system that are not a result of problems with the underlying telecommunications service are the jurisdiction of the E911 Board,” the PUC said. Some other raised issues that are within PUC jurisdiction “have been resolved in other Commission proceedings,” the agency said. It’s premature to address backup power for VoIP because the state jurisdiction over VoIP remains unresolved (see 1812140022), and the petition’s question about wireless backup power was specific to a network that’s no longer operational, it said.