Meeting Minutes Technical Committee on Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems SIG-SSS Second Draft Meeting June 23, 2014 La Jolla, CA

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1 NFPA 72 Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems SIG-SSS Chapter 26 Day 1 Monday June 23, 2014 Meeting Minutes Technical Committee on Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems SIG-SSS Second Draft Meeting June 23, 2014 La Jolla, CA Meeting called to order at 8:10AM Monday June 23, 2014 by Warren Olsen. Minutes Prepared by: Tony Mucci Tyco Integrated Security 4700 Exchange Ct Boca Raton, FL Introductions: Members, alternates, and guests introduced themselves. Count of eligible voters was taken, 24. Committee approved the meeting Agenda and the meeting minutes for June 24, 25, 26, 2013 St Louis, MO. NFPA Staff Remarks: Lee Richardson - Reviewed Second Draft participation and rules for principals and alternates. - Covered Legal requirements (essential patent claims). - Attendance sheet was passed around with request to review contact info for correctness. - Safety review for the event of a fire or fire drill. - All upcoming dates for cycle were presented. Dates can be found on NFPA.org. - Covered Robert s Rules of Order and a review of the meeting process and rules - Slide presentation New Process, change in terms, grouping items, Second Draft voting, Committee Statements, global revisions, and other basic workflow. Task Group Reports: - none Industry Round Table: AFAA none NEMA none CSAA - none AICC Lou Fiore presented slides. Update on POTs with ATT and Verizon activity with FCC. 2G sunset status. Decline in POTs usage with stats. IP transition status on AT&T trial programs. Telcom Communications Act update. ESA none FM Investigating SmartValve switch, a reported new method of monitoring water flow. ETL none SIG-SSS SD Meeting June 23, 2014 La Jolla, CA Page 1 of 2

Minutes Prepared by: Tony Mucci Tyco Integrated Security 4700 Exchange Ct Boca Raton, FL 33431 Introductions: Members, alternates, and guests introduced themselves.

2 NFPA 72 Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems SIG-SSS Chapter 26 UL Steve Schmit: UL 827 publication expected Q3 this year. FSSA none IMSA headquarters moved from NY to Florida. Chair remarks: No additional remarks. There are18 inputs to process. 3 tasks groups formed to handle 14 of the 18 items; 1 - Don Panell, Preverification , 2 - Art Black Remote Station Facilities FR37, 3 - Tony Mucci DACT supervision (A) 6 hours. Task group work began 9:25AM, Resumed at 11:30 for task group reports Task group 2 - Remote Station Facilities Warren Olsen stepped down as Chair and asked Don Pannell to Chair discussion. Lunch 12:15PM to 1:30PM Warren Olsen returned to Chair. Task Group 1 - Don Panell, Preverification Task Group 3 - Tony Mucci, DACT supervision (A) return 6 to 24 hours Break 2:55 PM to 3:10 PM Break 4:25 PM to 4:40 PM All 18 comments processed 5:05PM NEW BUSINESS: Question from UL, Larry Shudack; Zones not restored within 24 hours to be presented to an operator. Does it apply to Proprietary Systems? Should UL1981 be modified? OLD BUSINESS: - none Meeting adjourned 5:20PM Attachments: AICC Report Respectfully Submitted, Tony Mucci Tyco Integrated Security, LLC SIG-SSS SD Meeting June 23, 2014 La Jolla, CA Page 2 of 2

.2.3, 2 - Art Black Remote Station Facilities 26.5.3.1.3 FR37, 3 - Tony Mucci DACT supervision 26.6.4.1(A) 6 hours.

3 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. NFPA 72 Second Draft Meeting IP Transition Update June 23, (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 2 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 1

4 What we are seeing with POTS AT&T has previously announced the sunset of POTS by 2017 AT&T has asked the FCC to allow 2 (of its 20,000) wire centers to go IP (the so called IP Transition ) Verizon is substituting cellular devices for wired POTS More than 30 states have some form of telco deregulation more to come (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 3 Perfect storm with 2g migration to 3G and beyond (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 2

substituting cellular devices for wired POTS More than 30 states have some form of telco deregulation

5 GSM Sunset 2 Years Away an incredible challenge facing the alarm industry: on Jan 1, 2017, AT&T will entirely shutdown their 2G GSM/GPRS cellular network.. But this shutdown has already begun! This requires replacing an estimated 4 to 5 million GSM alarm devices before 2G GSM service is removed and d the deadline dli is now 2 ½ years away! Many alarm companies have started dealing with the replacement, but others have not yet begun to address this issue. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 5 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 6 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 3

This requires replacing an estimated 4 to 5 million GSM alarm devices before 2G GSM service is removed and d the deadline dli is

6 Mobile Data Traffic Growth (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 7 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 8 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 4

7 Today s Communications Choices Traditional POTS VoIP including MFVN IP and the Internet Public Radio Digital Cellular labeled 2G, 3G, LTE Private Radio (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 9 What s Happening to Plain Old Telephone Service? (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 5

Cellular labeled 2G, 3G, LTE Private Radio (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc.

8 Landline only homes dropped from 34.4% in the first half of 2005 to 12.9% in the first half of (Source: Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.) FCC data says only 5% of households have only traditional POTS. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 11 From the AT&T Plan: More than 70 percent of residential consumers in the 22 states t where AT&T is the legacy phone company have abandoned legacy phone service.(i)n some states, the number of housing units purchasing legacy circuit-switched services from an ILEC has fallen below 20 percent. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 12 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 6

) FCC data says only 5% of households have only traditional POTS. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc.

9 AICC POTS Survey Results What percentage of your monitored accounts uses POTS digital dialers either as a sole method of transmission or in conjunction with another technology? % % What percentage of your monitored accounts use MFVN (i.e. VoIP from a cable company, Verizon FiOS or AT&T u-verse) digital dialers either as a sole method of transmission or in conjunction with another technology? % % What percentage of your monitored accounts use digital dialers, but you are NOT sure if a customer is on POTS or VoIP? % % What percentage of your monitored accounts use POTS or VoIP as their SOLE method of transmission? i % % What percentage of your monitored accounts use another technology (i.e., radio, IP, Cellular) as their SOLE method of transmission? % % (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 13 Communications on New Installs What percentage of your NEW installations use DACT (PSTN or VoIP) exclusively? 40% What percentage of your NEW installations rely on DACT as a second technology? 21.4% What percentage of your NEW installations use Wireless (of any type) exclusively? 45% What percentage of your NEW installations use IP exclusively? 15.6% (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 14 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 7

2012 9.2% 2013 20% What percentage of your monitored accounts use digital dialers, but you are NOT sure if a customer is on POTS or VoIP? 2012 39.

10 Bottom Line Use of DACT (in both its POTS and VoIP forms) has gone from 79% in 2012 to 61% in 2013 with new installs at 40% (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 15 Use of Other technologies" has gone from 14% in 2012 to 22% in 2013 with new installs at 60% (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 16 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 8

11 IP Transition (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 17 FCC Chairman s Fourth Network Revolution The first network revolution was Gutenberg s printing press, which enabled the original information revolution. The second was the railroad the first high- speed network, which enabled the Industrial evolution. The third was the telegraph, which converted information to signals, paving the way for the telephone, radio and television, and eventually the binary on-off off signaling of computers and computing networks. We are living in the fourth great network revolution the marriage of computing and connectivity. Some have labeled it the information age. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 18 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 9

The second was the railroad the first high- speed network, which enabled the Industrial evolution.

12 What is AT&T looking for? Permission to conduct a trial at two locations One Urban (Kings Point, Palm Beach County in the Delray Beach, Florida wire center) One Suburban (Carbon Hill, Alabama) Combination of u-verse, other IP services and wireless ( TBD ) New features not yet disclosed Seems some new equipment/features not fully baked. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 19 One set of solutions to be offered: AT&T Mobility s Wireless Home Phone and Wireless Home Phone with 4G LTE Broadband (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 20 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 10

One Suburban (Carbon Hill, Alabama) Combination of u-verse, other IP services and wireless ( TBD ) New features not yet disclosed

13 Verizon VoiceLink (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 21 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 22 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 11

14 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 23 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 24 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 12

15 Three fold test: 1. Voluntary change out 2. New installs will be only new services 3. Mandatory change out to new services (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 25 Trial Objectives Identifying and resolving issues related to the transition Develop processes for the transition Ensure sufficient education and notice of the Transition Actionable plan to continue the transition across AT&T nationally (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 26 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 13

25 Trial Objectives Identifying and resolving issues related to the transition Develop processes for the

16 Ultimate Goal Continue this transition to their approximately 4,700* across the country in order to meet their stated goal of completed the IP Transition by the end of 2020*. (older documents/presentations stated 20,000 wire centers and an sunset date of late 2017) (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 27 Alarm Industry Involvement? AT&T s IP Transition Plan recognizes that t some of their solutions will are not compatible with alarm systems or PERS systems. Yet, their stated outreach program does not mention the alarm industry. They have privately stated on numerous occasions their willingness to work with us. But.. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 28 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 14

AT&T s IP Transition Plan recognizes that t some of their solutions will are not compatible with alarm systems or PERS systems.

17 AICC Involvement Met with AT&T s Federal Attorneys 12/13 Met with FCC Chairman s office on 2/23 AT&T Rep at our last AICC meeting on 3/6 AICC subcommittee submitted comments to the FCC on 3/31 Meetings with FCC Commissioners offices on 4/2 Pushing MFVN as our solution (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 29 Update of the Telecom Act of 1996 AICC submitted a whitepaper on June 13 Main points: MFVN Adaquate, stable Spectrum - licensed and unlicensed (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 15

offices on 4/2 Pushing MFVN as our solution (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc.

18 URL for AICC Comments There you will find: AICC Whitepaper regarding the proposed Telcom Act AICC Comments regarding AT&T's IP Transition AICC Comments regarding Verizon's Copper Discontinuance Verizon s Response Fiore s Remarks to the Broadband Coalition Meeting re a new Telcom Act (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 32 (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 16

regarding AT&T's IP Transition AICC Comments regarding Verizon's Copper Discontinuance

19 Address to the Broadband Coalition Stressed the same points at this event on June 18 and to Senator Cory Booker s staff the same day Questions? (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 17

20 Thank you. (c) L.T.Fiore, Inc. 18

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Technology Transitions ) GN Docket No. 13-5 ) AT&T Petition to Launch a Proceeding ) GN Docket No. 12-353 Concerning