More VOIP E-911 Noise from the FCC

Released: 09/27/2005. ENFORCEMENT BUREAU PROVIDES FURTHER GUIDANCE TO INTERCONNECTED VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT OF SUBSCRIBER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REQUIREMENT. (DA No. 05-2530). (Dkt No 04-36, 05-196). EB. Contact: David Hunt at (202) 418-1522 or Cynthia Bryant at (202) 418-8164

"In recognition of these substantial efforts and the very high percentage of received acknowledgments, the Bureau announces that it will not pursue enforcement action against such providers. We do, however, expect these providers will continue seeking the remaining acknowledgements and will notify the Commission once they have achieved 100% compliance. To the extent that a provider has not received acknowledgements from at least 90% of its subscribers, we intend to continue forbearing from enforcement of our acknowledgment requirement until October 31, 2005, provided that these providers submit a status report to us by October 25, 2005."

Interconnected VoIP providers may file the above-referenced report in this proceeding on or before October 25, 2005. Reports must reference WC Docket No. 05-196 and should be labeled clearly on the first page as "Subscriber Acknowledgement Report (date of filing)." The report may be filed using: (1) the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or (2) by filing paper copies. Compliance letters may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS. Filers should follow the instructions provided on the website for submitting comments. More details in the docket filing.