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With 911 dialing, the emergency operator
receives the name, address, and origination phone
number of the caller. This is the type of Emergency
Service that is provided by traditional local
phone service and also provided by MPINGI. Some
people like to refer to it as "real 911".
This just means that MPINGI's E911 functions
like traditional E911, routing to the same Emergency
Call Centers and providing the same level of
identification support. However, please remember
that there are serious limitations associated
with 911 service provided by MPINGI, and you
should always maintain an alternate means of
accessing emergency service.
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MPINGI provides Enhanced 911 service at no
extra charge. The safety of our customers is
important, and we have built a network that
supports the most sophisticated 911 technology
available to the VoIP industry.
With Enhanced 911, your call is routed to the
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) supporting
the service address you registered with your
account. The emergency operator receives the
name, address, and origination phone number
of the caller. With this service, the caller
does not need to verbally give their location
to the operator.
While Enhanced 911 is the most advanced form
of Emergency Dialing Service available, there
are some limitations when it is provided by
a VoIP provider such as MPINGI. Therefore,
you should always have an alternate means of
accessing emergency service.
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The greatest difference between MPINGI E911
service and traditional E911 service is MPINGI's
reliance upon a functioning adapter and full
power to your house. Electrical power outages
and disruptions to your high-speed service
connection will deactivate your MPINGI Service,
and you will be unable to complete 911 calls
through MPINGI.
Also, you must select a Household (primary)
Number that is associated with your Service
Address otherwise E911 service will not be
available. Calls to 911 service route to the
appropriate emergency administrator based on
the telephone number you have chosen and the
geographic location that you have provided
to MPINGI. E911 must be available in your area
for MPINGI to offer you this service.
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MPINGI will activate Emergency Dialing automatically
for you as part of your service. You do not need
to take any extra steps outside of the ordering
process for Emergency Dialing to be activated
on your MPINGI account.
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In most cases, your 911 service should function
properly soon after you activate your MPINGI
Service, but in some cases it could take up to
30 days to ensure that 911 calls are being routed
with the correct address information to the emergency
dispatch center that serves your location. During
this period, you may have to provide your name
and address information to the emergency operator
who answers an E911 call.
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MPINGI Service is portable to any location
with broadband Internet access. If you travel,
you can take your MPINGI equipment with you and
your service will work in any location with broadband
Internet access. However, do NOT dial 911 whenever
using your MPINGI equipment in a location other
than the service address associated with your
MPINGI account, since emergency service will
not be properly dispatched.
If you move or intend to use your MPINGI Service
away from home for an extended period of time,
you must update your new location for 911 to
function properly. Call MPINGI Customer Support
at 1-888-6-MPINGI to make a change to your home
address. Remember, it will take up to 21 days
for this change to complete, and you should always
maintain an alternate means of accessing emergency
service.
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Please refer to the Terms
Of Service for other important
limitations and considerations of using
911 emergency service.

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