[82485] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com)
Wed Jul 20 05:34:00 2005
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To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:32:18 +0100
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> >I see no other way of doing this reliably than to put some kind of
> >GPS device into the VoIP unit.
>
> While I agree that GPS is the likely answer, I wasn't expecting the
> ability to work inside computer rooms and basements.
It doesn't need to work in basements, etc. It only needs to keep
a record of the last location it was at when the signal faded
away. The emergency service vehicles probably can't get any closer
than that anyway.
--Michael Dillon
