[82487] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andre Oppermann)
Wed Jul 20 05:56:22 2005
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:55:52 +0200
From: Andre Oppermann <nanog-list@nrg4u.com>
To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF5E077C5F.A83F0BD3-ON80257044.003424F7-80257044.003465A5@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
>>>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.
I wonder how that works with VoIP ATA adapters. Last time I looked
they didn't work while I was carrying it around in its box from the
dealer home.
To sum it up: Using GPS to geo-locate VoIP phones or adapters is broken
by design.
--
Andre
