Service providers should have the “necessary flexibility” to develop...
Service providers should have the “necessary flexibility” to develop and maintain a resilient 911 system under the FCC Public Safety Bureau’s proposal to improve 911 reliability, said Verizon officials at a meeting to discuss the pending NPRM, according to an…
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ex parte letter Thursday (http://bit.ly/1blYygP). The FCC is scheduled to discuss an order to improve the reliability and resiliency of 911 networks nationwide at its December open meeting. Verizon said its understanding of the proposal would establish a certification program for 911 service providers centered on core practices relating to 911 circuit diversity, network monitoring and backup power for public safety answering points. “Any such certification program should give a 911 service provider the flexibility to certify that it is conforming to a specific practice; or if it is not conforming, what alternative actions, if any, the provider is undertaking,” said Verizon. Departing from giving flexibility would not work for 911 resiliency, and prescriptive mandates would “impede 911 providers’ flexibility to prepare for and respond to disasters,” it said. “Technology and the associated service-disrupting threats change far too quickly for mandated practices to keep up,” said Verizon.