If a Wireless Service Providers telecommunications lines are working but the public telecommunications network is congested, will the TSP program help complete its calls?
The TSP program is designed to ensure that the most critical telecommunications lines are working. It does not, however, provide for priority completion of calls. That role is provided by Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) for wireline service and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) for cellular phones. provide for priority completion of out-bound calls when the public telecommunications network is congested. GETS does not provide priority completion of in-bound calls. Since Wireless Service Providers may need to originate a large number of calls during emergencies, the FCC and NCS recommend that they participate in all three programs, GETS, WPS, and TSP. For information on these programs please visit the NCS website at: http://gets.ncs.gov/ for GETS and http://wps.ncs.gov/ for WPS.
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