[152605] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VoIP vs POTS (was Re: Operation Ghost Click)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Harlow)
Thu May 3 14:44:35 2012
From: Sean Harlow <sean@seanharlow.info>
In-Reply-To: <12930047.2088.1336069162661.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 14:43:36 -0400
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On May 3, 2012, at 14:19, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> {citation-needed}
I don't have any numbers to offer, but given the near universality of =
cellular phones these days among the adult population I could easily see =
a majority going for cellular. Car accidents, house fires, and a lot of =
other types of 911 call are probably almost entirely from mobile. Car =
accidents and anything else 911-worthy near a busy probably contribute a =
ton of calls about the same incident (not worthwhile calls, but calls =
nonetheless). There are also many people, myself included, who do not =
have a traditional landline. If they don't have VoIP or it's not =
working for some reason, everything becomes a mobile call.
Again not arguing one side or another, just that there's enough mobile =
usage that it would seem reasonable either way.
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Sean Harlow
sean@seanharlow.info
