[82509] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Wed Jul 20 12:07:02 2005
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:06:41 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFAA6CC113.04CF64BF-ON80257044.005400FA-80257044.00546F6B@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
GPS does not work through the fuselage of a aluminum airplane.
I've tried. More than once.
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
>
>> 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
>
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