FCC Asked to Clarify Proposed Changes to NORS Process
The FCC Public Safety Bureau should revise its proposed process for carrier interactions with the network outage reporting system and the 911 reliability certification system, said comments posted through Tuesday in docket 15-80. USTelecom asked to reconfigure the sequence of…
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questions posed about whether carriers notified public safety answering points. AT&T said the proposals require carriers to send too much new information within 120 minutes. In the early minutes after discovery, "service providers are focused on restoring service and notifying PSAPs," AT&T said. NCTA wants the bureau to consider how providers would have to automate any newly required data fields, asking to "allow providers to continue using automation to the extent possible." CenturyLink said the public notice's proposal to identify alternatives shouldn't be adopted because "NORS already collects information about whether diversity could have mitigated an event." The National Association of State 911 Administrators said telling state and local governments which 911 call centers are affected by an outage "would greatly assist in determining the impact on emergency operations." ATIS said its Network Reliability Steering Committee is concerned that outage data shared with state agencies may be used for other purposes.