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Re: "Offer" or Require???? Down that line of reasoning all 911 services should be opt-out and on a pay-per-use basis.
"Thank you for dialing 911, this call will be $3.99 per minute, please enter you credit card information and you will be transferred to the next available (outsourced to India) representative, or stay on the line and a billing representative will be with you shortly to discuss other payment options. Thank you for choosing Pay-Per-Use 911 services."
I think it is better all phone users share the cost of providing E911, even if some individuals are lucky enough never to have to use it.
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| said by Dezbend:Down that line of reasoning all 911 services should be opt-out and on a pay-per-use basis. ... I think it is better all phone users share the cost of providing E911 ... What if we think about this in terms of cheap technology being extended to the little guy? For example back in the day the big company would order a local T1 from the LEC or CLEC, and a long distance T1 from MCI, Sprint, AT&T, TCG. Maybe they still do. I don't know. Anyway, the company's PBX call routing would never direct a 911 call to the long distance T1, so why pay 911 charges on that long distance or special service trunk?
Why can't VoIP be thought of in the same way? I agree that the average end user shouldn't be expected to configure anything, but a small business or home business should be able to reap economic and technological benefits just like The Man has been doing for years, without options being restricted based on the perception of danger and liability.
An analogous compromise would be for the BYOD users to be considered "on their own", whereas a transport provider that also supplied ATAs and IP Phones would have to provide E911.
Translation: With my SPA-3000, I use VoIP for incoming calls and outgoing long distance calls, but I use POTS for local and 911. I pay $5 a month for VoIP, plus $1.50 a month for VoIP E911. That amounts to a 30% surcharge for a service I will never use, and which is available through other, generally more reliable means anyway.
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