[82680] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Extension For E911 "Not as Good As..." Rule
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Jul 27 13:13:45 2005
In-Reply-To: <20050727.081800.8034.147643@webmail32.lax.untd.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:13:36 -0400
To: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 27 Jul 2005, at 11:17, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
> After Aug. 30, VoIP providers will have to cut off subscribers who
> refuse to acknowledge the warning, according to the ruling by the
> Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
... because if there's an emergency, a handset which gives no dialtone
is better than one which might connect you to the wrong emergency
response centre.
If I lived in the US, I'm sure that would make me sleep more easily at
night.
Joe
