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Private Sector Industry Partner: Internet Service Providers

Facts

What Internet Service Providers need to know:

  1. To ensure interoperability with IPAWS OPEN, internet services will need to meet certain standards and accommodate protocols such as the CAP.
  2. Internet services will need to undergo testing to demonstrate conformity to the IPAWS standards and protocols.
  3. Internet Service Providers can help create a new, important means for protecting lives and property.

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Key Benefits

Why Internet Service Providers want to know the facts:

  1. Internet service alert and warning technologies can be incorporated and interoperable with IPAWS OPEN through compliance with IPAWS standards and protocols.
  2. It is anticipated that internet alert and warning services will widely used.
  3. State, local, tribal, and territorial authorities are interested in and excited about the possibilities of using internet services for alerts and warnings.

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Calls-to-Action

Recommendations for Internet Service Providers:

  1. Keep informed of opportunities related to the IPAWS.
  2. Keep informed of conformity testing requirements and opportunities.
  3. Participate in working groups for the IPAWS Internet Service Provider partners.

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 21-Dec-2011 14:59:17 EST