The FCC has acted on the subject of 9-1-1 Reliability. On March 20, 2013 the commission issued a document describing key areas where the Public Safety infrastructure can be improved in the area of reliability.
To view the document: http://www.fcc.gov/document/improving-9-1-1-reliability
At Assure911 this topic is very dear to our heart. In fact it is the very reason for our existence. Our mission is to make sure that emerging 9-1-1 services are as reliable as possible. In order to back up our belief that we can positively impact developments in this area, we have placed our experience, energy, intellectual property (software, trademark, patents), daily efforts, and a great deal of our own money into ensuring that the industry gets our message.
We are very gratified that the FCC agrees!
One of the items discussed in the FCC’s document is improved outage notification to PSAPs. Our patented Assure911 system that solves that very problem, using a smart-phone App.
We have traveled around the country speaking about how 9-1-1 networks must be managed for highest reliability.
It is now our great honor to be able to provide comments on the document, which we have already begun working on.
Here are a few of the presentations that we’ve made where reliability has been discussed:
In the fall of 2011, at IIT’s Real Time and 9-1-1 Conference:
At the IPSTA Conference in Springfield Illinois in the summer of 2012:
Next Generation 9-1-1 Texting, Video Calling, and Network Management
Most, recently at the APCO Emerging Technology Forum in Anaheim, January 30, 2013:
Assure911® Reliable Operations for Public Safety Communications
