[VOIPSEC] Vonage To Make 911 An 'Opt-Out' Option

[Michele Narcavage]

Interesting to note that Verizon is now working with VoIP service providers 
to give them access to E911.  Vonage seems to be eager to work with Verizon.
http://www.newtelephony.com/news/54h29164235.html
http://www.newtelephony.com/news/55h4122150.html
Michele



At 06:53 PM 5/12/2005, Candace Holman wrote:
>Some locations don't provide traditional 911 access for VoIP, it just 
>connects to an out of band administrative line at the answer point.  They 
>are supposed to make sure that the answer point is aware that emergency 
>calls may come in on that admin line.  But in terms of security, instead 
>of having to go to the trouble of snipping your phone or cable wires, with 
>this in place a criminal attacker can just hack your Vonage account to 
>disable your emergency communication line.
>
>Candace
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>At 06:25 PM 5/12/2005, Bob Wise wrote:
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>>I have a hard time imagining why they didn't do it this way to begin with.
>>Technical issues?
>>
>>-Bob
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org [mailto:Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org] On
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>>To: Voipsec at voipsa.org
>>Subject: [VOIPSEC] Vonage To Make 911 An 'Opt-Out' Option
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>>http://www.advancedippipeline.com/163101312
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>>Vonage chief executive Jeffrey Citron said the company would change
>>its registration procedures to the opt-out format "sometime this
>>summer," as part of an overall revamping of the company's 911 services
>>implementations. Vonage is currently facing lawsuits from several
>>states over both the advertisment and implementation of its 911
>>services, which some states claim are misleading.
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