Alabama 911 Districts Lobby FCC to Uphold State Authority on VoIP
Clarify the technical definition of interconnected VoIP and authority states have over emergency communications funding policy (see 1903290030), Alabama 911 districts continue asking, posted Wednesday to docket 19-44. They said the FCC should rule that if it pre-empts any state…
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law, "it does not preempt a state's authority to impose 911 fees on a different per unit basis for IVoIP than is used for traditional telephone service." A proposal from AT&T's BellSouth "would disrupt current 911 funding and impose a heavy-handed federal mandate," it said. The districts responded to recent ex parte from phone companies on a petition for declaratory ruling after Autauga County Emergency Management Communication District et al v. BellSouth (No. 2:15-cv-00765-SGC).