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Subject: Re: Where do your 911 fees go and why does 911 fail
From: Matt Erculiani <merculiani@gmail.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tuesday, 12/29/2020 15:19:00

This isn't the place where state governments are looking for feedback, so surely this will fall on deaf ears, but...
Who runs 911 services on top of a single carrier solution? I wouldn't run a 10 seat mom and pop outfit without at least a cellular backup on a different carrier.
911 services are certainly not treated as critical as the public is led to believe. Not that anyone here is surprised by this, but hopefully positive change can come out of this otherwise horrible event.

BellSouth and the states were very closely aligned. I imagine it's a legacy deal. Once upon a time, your LEC was your solution, and regulation forms a relationship. (It's not always a bad thing, at least in practice.)

Peter E. Fry