In Charlotte, Time-Warner offers Digital Phone as an additional service for their broadband customers. They claim that calling 911 on their service goes to the true E911 center, including display of your name and number. Unfortunately, their plan is $40 + $4 more for voicemail. There are no low-minute plans.
I have Vonage, have activated my 911, but have not tested it (yet). Of course, according to all Vonage literature I can find, my 911 call from Vonage will not go to true E911, and will not include my name, address, and phone.
Is it true/possible that Time-Warner can provide true E911 service, while Vonage can not? Who are the players (governments, phone carriers, etc.) that are at work in this situation?
Thank you for any info you have.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Apparently, the only players in the game who can get 'true E-911' are the telcos themselves or any of their friends. Others have to pay for the service, and the cost was pretty steep until recently when under pressure SBC agreed to begin working with Vonage and other VOIP carriers. The reason this is so is because when 'true E-911' was being developed, telco had it built to _their_ specifications. PAT]