VoIP Outage Rules Start Dec. 17

Dec. 6, 2012
New outage reporting requirements for VoIP services are set to go into effect later this month. On Feb. 21, the FCC released a Report and Order in PS Docket No. 11-82 (VoIP Outage Order) in which the Commission extended the outage reporting requirements of Part 4 of its rules to interconnected VoIP services. The Commission will begin accepting reports of VoIP service outages on Dec. 17.