Broadband mapping and E-911 bills were approved Wednesday by the ...
Broadband mapping and E-911 bills were approved Wednesday by the House Telecom Subcommittee. The committee agreed, with few dissents to amendments, to the mapping bill and E-911 (HR-3403) measure. An amendment to the broadband mapping bill would remove a…
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requirement that broadband service be at least 2 Mbps. It also would remove an industry obligation to report the price and actual speed of broadband. Instead, consumer surveys will be conducted. So duplicate grants won’t go to competing interests for mapmaking in the same state, authority to make statewide maps will go to one body in each state, chosen by the state government. The data will use a nine-digit ZIP code level of detail. There’s also a privacy provision to “adequately protect” personal information. The subcommittee also passed an amendment to an E-911 bill that would promote deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services. The amendment clarifies that current FCC regulations for VoIP and 911 would “remain in full force effect” and that VoIP providers can access 911 data from any entity. VoIP providers also would get the same rights to interconnection rates, terms and conditions as wireless carriers. States that impose 911 fees couldn’t take more money from VoIP providers than any other provider.