How exactly does Asterisk provide E911 service??
> How exactly does Asterisk provide E911 service??It doesn't do anything with 911. You tell * what to do when someone dials 911 via your dialplan. To avoid legal issues down the road, I'd suggest handling it via a local pstn line (one way or another), and install a Red Phone with a normal pstn line for emergency use. (The pstn line for the Red Phone 'could' be used for incoming faxes as well, and when combined with something like an spa3000, will handle * to pstn 911 calls.)
Matt wrote:> How exactly does Asterisk provide E911 service??Could you ask a slightly more open-ended and ambiguous question next time? This one might actually have some real answers... Asterisk does not provide _any_ service, the user configuring Asterisk makes that happen. Asterisk can be used to connect to any traditional PSTN lines that have E911 access. There are also other means of handling E911 calls, depending on what sort of trunks you have available and how large a company you are.