911 Cloud Phone PBX Disclaimer
Emergency 911 Calling Information
This document provides important information about emergency 911 calling using the Service of Company.
This document also describe the steps that you, as a customer of this service (‘you’), should take your safety and the safety of Your employees and visitors.
Capitalized terms used in this document but not otherwise defined have their respective meanings set forth in the Master Service Agreement between You and Company. Note that this document is incorporated into the terms of Your Master Service Agreement and creates a legally binding obligation on You.
The GETUS 911 Policy is critical. It describes limitations on emergency services, including the need to check and update your address. If you are going to be moving your GETUS service to a new address, please update your address. In the event of emergency calls, 9-1-1 responders will be dispatched to the address that you have as your phone location!
Registering Your Location
As part of the process of purchasing the Services, You provide us with the street address, city, and state where You will be using the Services. For the purposes of 911, and to ensure the safety of You, Your employees, and Your visitors, You must register with Company the physical location where each user will utilize the Service with each business number.
Please note that it is Your responsibility to confirm the accuracy of Your Service Address upon initial registration, and upon any further changes, additions, or transfers of phone numbers. You can do this by using Your account. In addition, it is Your obligation to require each user to provide Company with their specific location within Your premises in the event of an emergency. It is Your responsibility to inform each user that when the user moves the device to another location, the user must inform You, and in turn, it is Your obligation to update Your registered address. It is Your responsibility to update Company promptly when You or any user changes the physical location to which service is provided. If You (or Your users) do not update location information, Your 911 calls may be directed to an emergency center near Your old address (instead of the new location), which may result in 911 responders being delayed in responding, or unable to respond, to the reported emergency. You may register only one 911 location at a time. To be clear, You must re-register the Service Address with Company each time the Service Address changes. Please note that this is standard and customary practice for any Internet-based voice service, and it is designed to keep You, Your employees, and Your visitors safe in case of an emergency.
Service Limitations
911 service will not function
- in the event of an Internet or power outage;
- if your broadband is terminated or you account is suspended or terminated by the Company;
- with respect to only the Mobile Application, if you do not have mobile service, as the Mobile Application cannot send emergency calls over Wi-Fi access. You will not be able to complete a 911 call if you move to a physical location outside the United States or Canada.
How it works
Except as provided below for Canada, US customers have access to either basic 911 or E911 service depending on their service location:
If You are a customer located in an area where the applicable emergency center offers E911 service, then, when You dial 911, Your telephone number and registered address are sent by Company to the emergency center, where public safety dispatchers have access to this information in order to send help and call You back if necessary.
However, if You are a customer located in an area where the applicable emergency center only offers basic 911 service, then, when You dial 911, the emergency center is not equipped to automatically receive Your telephone number and address, and public safety dispatchers answering the call may not be able to access Your telephone number and/or registered address. Therefore, in this situation, You must be prepared to supply this information on the call. Until You supply the public safety dispatchers with Your phone number and address, the dispatcher may not be able to send help, and they may not be able to call You back if the call is disconnected or dropped.
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