[82467] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Tue Jul 19 08:49:20 2005
X-Original-To: wb8foz@panix.com
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:45:57 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0507190949350.3636@uplift.swm.pp.se> from "Mikael Abrahamsson" at Jul 19, 2005 09:52:52 AM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> > Just because you can does not mean it is a good idea. I like being able
> > to have a phone that cannot be accurately located. I won't be buying
> > any VOIP products that can.
>
> Then I guess you should talk to FCC and ask them to lighten the demands on
> the VOIP operators to provide that service.
Don't bother. The driving force is really the FBI, not the FCC.
And the cell carriers are already in trouble because too many
suspected terrorists^H^H^H citizens are not junking their old
non-GPS-bugged phones fast enough.
http://files.ctia.org/pdf/filings/050630_E911_Waiver_Petition.pdf
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