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Thanks to some new software, those calling 911 in Des Moines County might get their help a little faster.
DesCom director Shanna Krogmeier said the public safety answering point has been working recently from a new Computer Aid Dispatching It s an upgrade to all of our maps . the entering of calls, that sort of thing, Krogmeier said.
Iowa has been attempting to get every dispatch center on a similar system for a long time. A year ago, DesCom migrated its phone service to what was being offered by the state.
It s a part of the move to the Iowa Communications Network. The network has hubs all over the state and each services a different region. DesCom s nearest hub is at Southeastern Community College.
On April 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in
Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, adopting the narrow autodialer standard under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that Facebook favored. The unanimous opinion establishes that equipment can be regulated as a TCPA autodialer only if it has the capacity either to store a telephone number using a random or sequential number generator, or to produce a telephone number using a random or sequential number generator. This decision rejects the broader, consumer-friendly interpretation that applied the TCPA autodialer definition to equipment that was capable of automatically dialing numbers from a stored list.
“Bring it on,” Governor Andrew Cuomo told the trade groups suing to block a state policy that could help 7 million poor New Yorkers access the internet at home.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes off his face mask before a news conference in New York on Monday, April 19. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool via AP)
BROOKLYN (CN) Seeking to block a New York program that provides discounted broadband internet to low-income families, trade groups representing Verizon, AT&T and DirecTV sued the state in federal court Friday.
The complaint was filed two weeks after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law requiring internet service providers to offer broadband to eligible New Yorkers at $15 per month, or $20 per month for higher speeds.
Telecom Groups Sue NY Over $15 Low-Income Broadband Law
April 30, 2021
On Friday, numerous telecommunications associations filed a complaint in the Eastern District of New York against New York Attorney General Letitia A. James over a state law that purportedly seeks to regulate the rates and speeds of interstate communications, from which the plaintiffs argued New York is precluded under federal law.
According to the complaint, internet access is generally provided through broadband, which “ ‘transmits data at much higher speeds’ than preexisting technologies, such as dial-up connections provided over local telephone facilities.” Additionally, the plaintiffs noted that broadband is considered “an interstate information service that is subject to a federal regulatory framework, under which a combination of mandatory disclosures, competition, and federal and state enforcement of preexisting laws benefit consumers.” The plaintiffs asserted that the Federal Communications