EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
The ak’tu’ Media Inc, hereby known as company wants to make sure that Customers are aware of important differences in the way Emergency Services operate when using VoIP services when compared with traditional telephone service. Please find below what Customers need to keep in mind.
Routing of Emergency Calls For United States residents, when a Customer makes an emergency call, the Company will attempt to automatically route its call through a third-party service provider to the Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”) corresponding to the Customer’s address of record on its account. However, the delivery of the Customer’s physical location to its local PSAP is not guaranteed. It is possible that the Customer’s location will not be provided to the PSAP dispatcher On such occasions, it will be the Customer’s sole responsibility to give the dispatcher its name, location (or location of the emergency) and contact information to receive emergency service assistance. For Canadian residents, a Customer’s emergency call will be directly sent to an emergency call center confirming its identity and location, and then immediately transferred to the local PSAP.
Limitations Due to VoIP Networks Due to the various dependencies of VoIP networks, the Company cannot and does not guarantee a Customer’s emergency call will go through. Many conditions such as loss of power, Internet access or connectivity and/or several other conditions may cause emergency services to be inoperable. The Company does not have control over those types of situations and therefore cannot be held liable of such inoperability. The Company will take commercially reasonable measures to prevent service outages within its network.
Outbound CallerID For emergency services address information to be passed to a Cusomter’s local PSAP dispatcher, the Customer’s outbound CallerID value must be set to the specific DID it is purchasing emergency service for. Therefore, by agreeing to these Terms, a Customer is deemed to have set the outbound CallerID number to the DID it has enabled emergency services for when making an outbound emergency call. The Company has added an extension to its network where all Customers may call to test their CallerID value. At any time, a Customer may test its outbound CallerID value by dialing ‘1-555-555-0911’ through the Company’s network.
Limitations on Emergency Services CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE COMPANY’S EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELEASES THE COMPANY TO SUCH EXTENT, FOR THE USE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,AND FURTHER AGREES TO HOLD THE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS HARMLESS FOR ANY DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT THAT MAY RESULT FROM : (1) THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SITUATIONS OF UNAVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AS DESCRIBED IN THESE TERMS AND INCOMPLETE OR INCORRECT LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER); (2) CUSTOMER’S FAILURE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CONVENTIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICE AS PART OF A TELEPHONE LINE SUBSCRIPTION FROM ANOTHER COMPANY UNDER SEPARATE AGREEMENT; (3) CUSTOMER’S FAILURE OR DELAY IN UTILIZING CONVENTIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICE. CUSTOMERS WHO RESELL THE SERVICES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING, AND AGREE TO NOTIFY, THEIR CUSTOMERS, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, ASSOCIATES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL USER OF THE COMPANY’S SERVICES OF THE NATURE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. IF A CUSTOMER IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF EMERGENCY CALLS, THE CUSTOMER MUST CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE MEANS FOR ACCESSING TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS REGISTRATION TO EMERGENCY SERVICES IS MANDATORY IN MOST COUNTRIES. FURTHERMORE, THE CUSTOMER AGREES THAT THE COMPANY HAS NO LIABILITY IN RELATION TO THE QUALITY OF THE ADVICE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PSAP.
The ak’tu’ Media Inc, hereby known as company wants to make sure that Customers are aware of important differences in the way Emergency Services operate when using VoIP services when compared with traditional telephone service. Please find below what Customers need to keep in mind.
Routing of Emergency Calls For United States residents, when a Customer makes an emergency call, the Company will attempt to automatically route its call through a third-party service provider to the Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”) corresponding to the Customer’s address of record on its account. However, the delivery of the Customer’s physical location to its local PSAP is not guaranteed. It is possible that the Customer’s location will not be provided to the PSAP dispatcher On such occasions, it will be the Customer’s sole responsibility to give the dispatcher its name, location (or location of the emergency) and contact information to receive emergency service assistance. For Canadian residents, a Customer’s emergency call will be directly sent to an emergency call center confirming its identity and location, and then immediately transferred to the local PSAP.
Limitations Due to VoIP Networks Due to the various dependencies of VoIP networks, the Company cannot and does not guarantee a Customer’s emergency call will go through. Many conditions such as loss of power, Internet access or connectivity and/or several other conditions may cause emergency services to be inoperable. The Company does not have control over those types of situations and therefore cannot be held liable of such inoperability. The Company will take commercially reasonable measures to prevent service outages within its network.
Outbound CallerID For emergency services address information to be passed to a Cusomter’s local PSAP dispatcher, the Customer’s outbound CallerID value must be set to the specific DID it is purchasing emergency service for. Therefore, by agreeing to these Terms, a Customer is deemed to have set the outbound CallerID number to the DID it has enabled emergency services for when making an outbound emergency call. The Company has added an extension to its network where all Customers may call to test their CallerID value. At any time, a Customer may test its outbound CallerID value by dialing ‘1-555-555-0911’ through the Company’s network.
Limitations on Emergency Services CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE COMPANY’S EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELEASES THE COMPANY TO SUCH EXTENT, FOR THE USE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES,AND FURTHER AGREES TO HOLD THE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS HARMLESS FOR ANY DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT THAT MAY RESULT FROM : (1) THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SITUATIONS OF UNAVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AS DESCRIBED IN THESE TERMS AND INCOMPLETE OR INCORRECT LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER); (2) CUSTOMER’S FAILURE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CONVENTIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICE AS PART OF A TELEPHONE LINE SUBSCRIPTION FROM ANOTHER COMPANY UNDER SEPARATE AGREEMENT; (3) CUSTOMER’S FAILURE OR DELAY IN UTILIZING CONVENTIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICE. CUSTOMERS WHO RESELL THE SERVICES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING, AND AGREE TO NOTIFY, THEIR CUSTOMERS, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, ASSOCIATES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL USER OF THE COMPANY’S SERVICES OF THE NATURE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. IF A CUSTOMER IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF EMERGENCY CALLS, THE CUSTOMER MUST CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE MEANS FOR ACCESSING TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS REGISTRATION TO EMERGENCY SERVICES IS MANDATORY IN MOST COUNTRIES. FURTHERMORE, THE CUSTOMER AGREES THAT THE COMPANY HAS NO LIABILITY IN RELATION TO THE QUALITY OF THE ADVICE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PSAP.