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April 04, 2005
CRTC demands VoIP providers offer 911 services
IT business.ca: CRTC demands VoIP providers offer 911 services
"...In an e-mail, VoIP expert Jeff Pulver said the decision was another example of the CRTC being reactive rather than proactive.
'The entire voice over broadband industry is barely three years old, yet we are being held to a standard set by the legacy PSTN network. The wireless industry was at least 15 years old before such requirments were thrust upon it," he said. "Left on its own, the CRTC is creating roadblocks that will discourage continued voice over broadband deployments in Canada and encourage would-be innovators to do business in other countries...'"
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Posted by jeff on April 4, 2005 06:21 PM | Permalink
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