[80438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Sun May 1 13:03:37 2005
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 13:02:12 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200505011655.MAA14213@sigma.nrk.com>; from David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> on Sun, May 01, 2005 at 12:55:16PM -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 12:55:16PM -0400, David Lesher wrote:
> Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> > > How about an anycast address implement(ed|able) by every network
> > > provider that would return a zipcode?
> > >
> > > $ telnet 10.255.255.254
> > > Connected
> > > 33709
> > > Disconnected.
> >
> > is there a unique zipcode in shanghai?
>
> And even Zip+4 plus whatever they have now added to it will
> not meet Big Brother's requirement in the USA.
My issue, David, is not "where is the user exactly?", it's "which PSAP
do I route to?". Something on the close order of a US ZIP<tm> Code is
fine for that.
Cheers,
-- jra
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