Vonage E911 support is at 93% now
Vnunet's Clement James, reports that Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings, has achieved providing E911 service to 93% of its customers.
The E911 functionality incorporates a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number.
In the past it has been a problem to provide E911 services as existing telephony providers, that has 911 capabilities, were not so keen on extending that service to upcoming VOIP IP Telephony service providers like Vonage. Some providers have paid incumbent telephony carriers to get access to the services, while services like Skype, keeps on dodging the bullet.
When a supported VOIP customer calls 911, the customer's call is automatically routed to the appropriate 911 center, with the caller's registered street address and telephone number appearing on the dispatcher screen regardless of where or what exchange they are calling from.
Over the past two months, Vonage has equipped over 170 locally run emergency call centres across the US with E911, bringing the total number of calling centres with emergency 911 service to over 6,400.
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