[80516] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Mon May 2 15:14:45 2005
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:14:11 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A206819EF47CBE4F84B5CB4A303CEB7A5211D1@dul1wnexmb01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>; from "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com> on Sun, May 01, 2005 at 10:56:57PM -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 10:56:57PM -0400, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
> > The PBX intercepts the call and uses special trunks to the PSAP;
> > it also has to send data telling where the caller is.
>
> There are no special trunks to the PSAP from a PBX.
Actually, Martin, there are.
For E-911 campus-type service, at least.
You apparently need to use either a PRI or a CAMA trunk to extend the
calling PBX extension number to the PSAP, so it can ALI the appropriate
location for the dispatcher.
See
http://www.911etc.com/pbx_solutions.html
as well as
http://www.xo.com/products/smallgrowing/voice/local/psali/
Cheers,
-- jra
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