October 2018 Summaries

Bandwidth is joining a coalition of technology giants including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Red Hat, and Microsoft to adopt a balanced approach towards enforcing open-source licenses. The coalition aims to protect developers from punishment for minor offenses by giving them the opportunity to rectify their mistakes within a 30-day period after receiving a notice of violation. Bandwidth is committed to supporting and contributing to innovations in the technology community through this collaboration.

The 911 emergency system is designed to handle a large volume of calls during disasters, including natural disasters and hypothetical zombie apocalypses. When a 911 call center receives more calls than it can answer, excess traffic is automatically transferred to backup centers. If these become saturated, the system blocks additional calls with a "fast busy" signal until resources are available. Bandwidth's 911 solution maintains priority queues for handling calls during disasters and ensures equal priority for all carriers. It is crucial to ensure that your 911 solution can handle any disaster scenario effectively.