[82508] 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 11:23:25 2005
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To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:22:15 +0100
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> If a person is calling 911 from a plane in flight, are
> we really so concerned about which PSAP receieves the
> call? The last known fix would likely have been the
> point of origin in any case...
If a picocell on board an airplane receives an E911
call, it shouldn't route it to any PSAP. The first
responders in this situation are the flight attendants
so it should ring the flight attendant's phone.
By the way, if GPS works in the air for small aircraft
pilots, then why wouldn't it work for cellphones? The
last known fix should be 100% up to date and 100% useless.
--Michael Dillon
