asterisk users - Jul 2005 - To anyone seeking 911 Service Providers "stay away!!!"

To anyone seeking 911 services
 
Highly recommended to everyone to stay away from this issue
I do not have a name for the company right off hand, but they got sued  
really bad when they tried 911 via VOIP and the 911 drop kept occurring in  
different areas and someone died!
 
Implement 1 single hard wire for this service and cover your tush!
 
Brad
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On Monday 25 July 2005 23:26, BSUMRALLL@aol.com wrote:
> Highly recommended to everyone to stay away from this issue
> I do not have a name for the company right off hand, but they got sued
> really bad when they tried 911 via VOIP and the 911 drop kept occurring in
> different areas and someone died!
Need more data.  Right now you're just fear mongering.  Here in Canada it is
required by law to have 911 service for your customers.
> Implement 1 single hard wire for this service and cover your tush!
This is what I tell my customers as well, not because I can't do it but 
because they typically have the line there anyway for fax and/or security 
which carries the DSL circuit for VOIP.  :-)

-A.

> > There where people saying this Vonage issue was all FUD, anyway, side 
> > effect was...Seems this is 911 for VOIP is "FCC mandatory" 
> > now in USA ? Not sure, I use * at my home and have DSL, so I 
> > just route my 911 to the 
> > landline outbound, I would not expect the outbound IAX providers to 
> > offer 911 to me :-)
> 
> The FCC regulation is still in the comment phase. When it goes into
> effect it will require "interconnected" VOIP lines (defined as
those
> enabling calls both to and from the PSTN) to provide access to the
> appropriate local PSAP, via the appropriate selective router (where on
> exists for that location). The regulation further requires providers of
> interconnected VOIP service to provide one or more methods for end-users
> to update their location. At least one of those methods must be
> accessible via nothing more than the CPE. 
The "mandatory" part that is due right now is the section of the law
that deals with "informing" the voip user of their current E911
status.
That part is not in a comment phase.

> 
> The "mandatory" part that is due right now is the section of 
> the law that deals with "informing" the voip user of their 
> current E911 status. That part is not in a comment phase.
Actually, that part takes effect July 29. The access requirements will
probably hit at the end of November.

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