Article: Vonage's 911 info called deceptive

KRISTIE RIEKEN, The Associated Press
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-23-2005

Vonage's 911 info called deceptive -- Texas sues Edison Internet phone firm
By KRISTIE RIEKEN, The Associated Press
Date: 03-23-2005, Wednesday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions

Texas sued the nation's largest Internet-based phone service provider Tuesday, saying Edison-based Vonage failed to clearly inform customers they cannot automatically dial 911 when they sign up.

The lawsuit follows a case last month in which a 17-year-old Houston girl was unable to call 911 on her family's Vonage service during an armed robbery in which her parents were shot and wounded. The girl ran to a neighbor's house and called for ...

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