The FCC is set to rule Thursday on whether Internet telephone providers should have to automatically link customers to emergency 911 service.

FORBES: FCC Chief Martin Set To Tackle VoIP 911 Access

Lord Howe has already admitted the new 111 telephone advice service - which the government has said will ease pressure on emergency 999 phone lines - had run into "teething problems".

BBC: BMA writes to NHS boss over 111 'concerns'

Problems with a new non-emergency NHS telephone advice line have prompted Shropshire health chiefs to divert calls back to a local service.

BBC: Shropshire non-emergency medical advice calls diverted