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AT&T Killing VoIP Accounts |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
A report on technology new site, Slashdot, indicates that mega U.S.
telco AT&T has sent out account termination letters to users it
cannot provide E911 dialling to.
The report links to a review on Broadband Reports written by a user that has been sent one of these letters.
According to the post on Slashdot the letters have gone out in the past
two weeks and simply state "in big rude red letters" that the
customer's VoIP service will be suspended in 30 days and permanently
disconnected in 60 days.
Apparently the FCC requirements for full support of emergence
dialling (E911) services is the culprit, although the poster notes that
it is hard to understand why a telco the size of AT&T should have
difficulties overcoming any technical hurdles associated with E911
service provision.
Furthermore, the post claims that: "Many AT&T VOIP customers
have found that they are unable to transfer their phone numbers to a
new provider".
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