*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 51209.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 DA 05- 2358 Released: August 26, 2005 Enforcement Bureau Provides Further Guidance to Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service Providers Concerning Enforcement of Subscriber Acknowledgement Requirement WC Docket No. 04- 36 WC Docket No. 05- 196 In this Public Notice, the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) provides further guidance to providers of interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service concerning enforcement of the subscriber affirmative acknowledgement requirement set forth in the Commission’s VoIP Enhanced 911 (E911) rules. 1 Specifically, the Bureau announces that it will continue to refrain, for an additional 30 days -- until September 28, 2005 -- from enforcing the requirement that VoIP providers obtain affirmative acknowledgements from 100% of their subscribers that they have read and understood an advisory concerning the limitations of their E911 service against those providers that meet the reporting requirements established below. In addition to satisfying these reporting requirements, to be eligible for this extension, providers also must have filed a report on or before August 10, 2005 in accordance with the Bureau’s July 26, 2005 Public Notice. The Bureau will evaluate the sufficiency of the updated reports filed by interconnected VoIP providers and take subsequent action as necessary. Background. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order on June 3, 2005, 2 requiring interconnected VoIP service providers 3 to provide E911 capabilities to their subscribers 1 IP- Enabled Services and E911 Requirements for IP- Enabled Service Providers, First Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 2005 WL 1323217, FCC, (rel. Jun 3, 2005) at ¶¶ 48, 73 (VoIP E911 Order); see also 47 C. F. R. §9. 5( e). 2 VoIP E911 Order. 3 “Interconnected VoIP service” means an interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that: (1) enables real- time, two- way voice communications; (2) requires a broadband connection from the user’s location; (3) requires Internet protocol- compatible customer premises equipment; and (4) permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network. 1