Late Tuesday afternoon, the FCC announced that VoIP providers have notified all their customers on the limitations of 911 service provided over Internet telephone lines, and that substantially over 90% of the customers had acknowledged the notice. So, the Commission will not pursue enforcement actions against those VoIP providers who have not meet the FCC's 100% acknowledgement requirement, whose deadline is Wednesday.

In their notice, the FCC said, "After considering the reports submitted to us by interconnected VoIP providers detailing their compliance with the Commission’s notification requirements, it is evident that many providers have devoted significant resources to notifying each of their subscribers of the limitations of their 911 service and obtaining acknowledgements from each of their subscribers."

The FCC had acted after several high-profile incidents this summer demonstrated that not all VoIP customers realize their 911 calls might not be completed or accurately routed to a PSAP.

The FCC said at least 21 providers received acknowledgements from 100% of their customers, and 32 others receive 90% or more. "In recognition of these substantial efforts and the very high percentage of received acknowledgments, the Bureau announces that it will not pursue enforcement action against such providers." The FCC did add, " We do, however, expect these providers will continue seeking the remaining acknowledgements and will notify the Commission once they have achieved 100% compliance."

For those receiving less than 90% acknowledgements, the FCC said it intends to, "continue forbearing from enforcement of our acknowledgment requirement until October 31, 2005, provided that these providers submit a status report to us by October 25, 2005."