The Maine Public Utilities Commission praised the FCC’s recent push...
The Maine Public Utilities Commission praised the FCC’s recent push on text-to-911 (CD Dec 13 p12) as a key interim measure as Maine prepares to launch an NG-911 network in 2013. It’s important for “wireless subscribers who currently use text…
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messaging as their primary means of everyday communications, such as those with a hearing or speech disability,” said Chairman Tom Welch in a statement Thursday (http://xrl.us/bn6bxn). “Increasingly this population is abandoning the use of TTYs for newer technologies such as text messaging that allow them more flexibility to communicate with most others except 9-1-1.” It’s also “valuable in situations where a 9-1-1 call may endanger a caller or when voice networks are congested,” he said.