[79254] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Vonage Hits ISP Resistance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Kiwerski)
Fri Apr 1 13:08:45 2005
From: "Alexander Kiwerski" <akiwerski@telwestservices.com>
To: "'Adi Linden'" <adil@adis.on.ca>,
"'Stephen Sprunk'" <stephen@sprunk.org>
Cc: <Michael.Dillon@radianz.com>,
"'North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:05:33 -0800
In-Reply-To: <Pine.CYG.4.58.0504011122530.448@citabria>
X-MailScanner-From: akiwerski@telwestservices.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>> Frankly, I'm fine with 911 not working on VoIP lines; I have a cell phone
>> for that when needed. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I've ever
>> actually dialed 911 from a land line.
>
>You're lying on the floor incapacitated and in agony, suffering from some
>acute and life threatening medical condition. Your neighbour finds you.
>He picks up your landline phone, dials 911 and hears "911 service is not
>available from this phone please use another phone...". He goes looking
>for another phone while you die and rest in peace.
And let's not forget the: You collapse from a heart attack at 1:00 AM, dial
911 on your cell phone and go unconscious before the operator answers. You
die because the operator doesn't have your location auto-magically popping
up on his/her screen.
And for the record, the GPS locators currently in cell phones tend *not* to
work indoors, so even if you are lucky enough to live in an area where E911
is plugged into your cell phone carrier's locator service, you still have a
high probability of being screwed.
/Alex K.
