Vonage® Now Provides Emergency 911 Service in Over 1700 Calling Centers Across the Nation
Holmdel, NJ, January 3, 2006 - Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced that it now has emergency 911 service in over 1700 PSAPs across the country. In just one week, Vonage equipped an additional 112 calling centers, in over 50 new counties, with 911 calling capabilities.
In June, the FCC gave Vonage, and all Internet-based phone service companies, 120 days to create an E911 system from scratch, and provide all of its customers, wherever they are in the U.S., with E911 service. In that amount of time, Vonage worked closely with local 911 centers, also known as Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), across the country to turn on E911 for as many customers as it could.
"Vonage has been continuing to quickly roll-out Enhanced 911 service every day to new counties across the U.S.," said Jeffrey A. Citron, Vonage's Chairman and CEO. "Our goal is to get every single Vonage customer help when they need it, and we will continue working with the FCC, regulators, Congress and public safety until there is equal access to E911 for Vonage customers."
"We have been working closely with Vonage to provide all of its customers in Brevard County with E911 service," said Steve O'Conor, Brevard County 911 Coordinator. "The recent PSAP tests we conducted together went smoothly. It has been a great learning process for all parties involved."
Since December 21st, Vonage has added 112 new PSAPs in the following counties ─ bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to 1700:
STATE COUNTIES FCCID
Florida Bay 1456
Florida Brevard 1650
Florida Manatee 1575
Florida Palm Beach 1447
Georgia Forsyth 1763
Georgia Gwinnett 1774
Georgia Hall 1776
Georgia Houston 1785
Georgia Rockdale 1735
Minnesota Goodhue 3632
Minnesota Stearns 3721
New Jersey Atlantic 4773
New Jersey Hudson 4761
North Carolina Durham 4254
North Carolina Wake 4212
South Carolina Spartanburg 6097
Texas Angelina 6747
Texas Austin 6415
Texas Brazoria 6405, 6448, 6489, 6712, 6988
Texas Clay 6486
Texas Colorado 6498
Texas Falls 6575
Texas Freestone 6587
Texas Galveston 6545, 6601, 6602, 6692, 6942, 6890, 6651, 6712
Texas Garza 6604
Texas Grayson 6999
Texas Hale 6623
Texas Hidalgo 6388, 6548, 6558, 6646, 6706, 6760, 6770, 6779, 6830, 6885, 6986, 6392, 6815
Texas Hill 6650
Texas Hood 6653
Texas Jasper 6676
Texas Johnson 6487, 6682, 6690, 6393
Texas Lamb 6736
Texas Lubbock 6944
Texas Madison 6750
Texas Nacogdoches 6792
Texas McLennan 6644
Texas Palo Pinto 6778, 6816
Texas Parker 6821, 6830, 6920
Texas Polk 6834
Texas San Jacinto 6884
Texas Starr 6922, 6855
Texas Tarrant 6419, 6429, 6437, 6494, 6519, 6530, 6573, 6574, 6582 6597, 6615, 6626, 6665, 6691, 6693, 6713, 6751, 6802, 6819, 6853, 6857, 6877, 6889, 6916, 6935, 6979, 6991, 6992, 6997, 6410, 6935
Texas Tyler 6952
Texas Walker 6975
Texas Wilbarger 6968
Texas Wise 7008
Texas Wichita 6668, 7001, 6566
Texas Wise 7001, 7008
Vermont Windsor 7233
About Vonage®
Vonage is a pioneer in the broadband phone industry, setting the standard for pricing, features, call quality and reliability for the entire VoIP category. Vonage's award winning service is sold on the web and through national retailers like SAM's Club, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry's Electronics, Office Depot and CompUSA. Vonage Holdings Corporation is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit www.vonage.com or call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage(R) is a trademark of Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp.
