On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
The benefits of IP networks are simply not being realized because for far too many Americans, Next Generation 911 networks don't exist.
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Tom Wheeler
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congress.govThe benefits of IP networks are simply not being realized because for far too many Americans, Next Generation 911 networks don't exist.
Tom Wheeler highlights the lack of Next Generation 911 networks and its implications for public safety.
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[s]imply sending more money to the E-Rate program to keep doing business as it has been for the last 18 years is not a sustainable strategy.
We are stuck with the buggywhip era, the horse and buggy era of analog 9-1-1.
If we want to use it wisely, we ought to spend it as wisely as the companies are spending their money, which is to build fiber.