[VoiceOps] RAY BAUMS Act - How are people planning on complying?

Carlos Alvarez caalvarez at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 14:50:28 EST 2020


At some point, some ruling body had said those stickers were non-compliant
and meaningless.  So I think the assumption is that they still see it that
way.  I think it was the FCC, but not sure.  I think to them if it's on a
desk and is shaped like a phone, it better work properly for 911.




On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 12:48 PM Pete Mundy <pete at fiberphone.co.nz> wrote:

>
> I guess different people have different interpretation of that wording :)
>
> To me it seems UNreasonable to assume that a phone or device with a
> sticker on it that says "This phone does not work for emergency calls" can
> call emergency services.
>
>
> > On 24/01/2020, at 6:46 AM, Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I believe that the stickers on home phones may not really cover the
> liability.  The wording is something like:  A phone or device that a person
> would reasonably assume can call emergency services."  So the softphone is
> obviously different, but a physical phone at home seems like it must still
> work properly.
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