911 Service and VoIP

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Everest cannot be POTS for 1 simple reason.  The signal comes in over
rg6, to a 'network interface device' where its converted to your
typical analog signalling.  The difference between Everest and other
PSTN terminated VoIP carriers is that Everest doesn't give you a
portable hardware endpoint.  They know your location, and its
registered with their 911 service.  With other VoIP carriers (such as
Nuvio/Vonage/Skype.)  You can have hardware endpoints, and/or
softphones.  While you may have an 816xxx number in kansas city, you
can drag it to Japan without having to update your address information
with the carrier.  This is probably the largest hurdle in the carriers
providing 911, outside of the fact that getting interconnect
agreements lined out with 911/e911 carriers takes time, and money.

There is an important distinction to make when talking about VoIP,
PSTN, 911 and e911.  911 does not provide address information to the
911 dispatcher.  e911 is the service that provides registered
addresses to the e911 dispatcher.  e911 functions by doing a lookup on
the originating telephone number and cross referencing with ALI/ANI.

More information can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/911/ which
references 911, e911, and 'mobile-satellite' 911.



On 11/19/05, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Every second counts with a 911 call.  With POTS the
> 911 dispatcher can send a police unit and/or ambulance
> out to your home instantly.  With VoIP or mobile
> service, if you are unable to provide location
> information yourself, the 911 dispatcher will have to
> contact this gentleman's service, wasting valuable
> seconds waiting for the location which needs a police
> unit and/or ambulance.
>
> Until VoIP gains the same level of 911 service as
> POTS, I'm not going to switch to POTS.  Anyone who has
> been through a life-threatening experience where they
> were unable to tell the dispatcher their location
> information should be able to agree with me.
>
> Now, I have been told that Everest provides their
> bundled telephone service through the POTS, so they
> seem like a good alternative choice to SBC phone
> service.  However, their service sounds like they
> aren't VoIP either.
>
> --- Paul Taylor <paul at kcnetcare.com> wrote:
>
> > My team fields about 60+ calls a day from PSAPs
> > that cannot get location or information from a
> > caller who dialed 911. We assist PSAP operators
> > by providing location of the device (VoIP or
> > mobile).
> >
> > Leo Mauler wrote:
> > > --- Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 01:05, Leo Mauler
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > About the only reasons I don't switch to any
> kind
> > > > > of VoIP are 911 service (the 911 dispatcher
> knows
> > > > > where you are withregular phone service but
> not
> > > > > with VoIP),
> > > >
> > > > If you can dial 911, why can't you say where
> youare? :\
> > >
> > > If you ever have a condition, such as a heart
> attack,
> > > which causes you to gasp for breath and be unable
> to
> > > speak, but leave you able to dial the phone (or at
> > > least punch the 911 speed-dial button), you'll
> find
> > > out just how important it is to have the 911
> > > dispatcher know where your phone is located,
> without
> > > any input from you.
> > >
> > > And you would probably be surprised to find out
> that
> > > when, for example, you've just accidentally cut
> deeply
> > > into your thumb with a broken light bulb, and you
> > > can't seem to stop the flow of blood, you find
> > > yourself so panicked that you temporarily forget
> where
> > > you live.  Thankfully the POTS system saved me,
> the
> > > 911 dispatcher knew where to send the ambulance.
> I'd
> > > hate to think what would have happened had I been
> on a
> > > VoIP system.
>
>
>
>
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