As someone who doesn't use 911 a lot, and have only dialed from a cell phone. I have tried 911 about 4 times for vehicle crashes I have witnessed, only 2 of those times have I been connected to someone before either A: a policeman drove by and saw it, or B: someone else in the witness group had been connected. I think the longest I waited was about 5 minutes for someone to answer before giving up. I Just thought that's normal with all 911. Is it not supposed to be?

I'm presuming that Cellular 911 uses some sort of 911 clearing house like VoIP Does? I just had to call in last week for a single car vehicle accident I came upon, and the person who answered the 911 call requested the county I was calling from, then transferred me somewhere else.

On 11/3/2016 9:59 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote:
My concern with 911 over VOIP is a DDOS attack.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Mike’s original post mentioned VoIP, but I think his point was
    that after all the hand wringing over VoIP and 911, the 911
    failure was in the LEC CO.

    And regarding VoIP quality, I use it every day and to quote the
    possible next leader of the free world, “I guarantee you there’s
    no problem, I guarantee”.  I consistently get VoIP customers who
    kick themselves for not switching earlier because the voice
    quality is so much better than their decaying landline. Best
    situation is an IP phone, but it’s fine with an analog phone and
    ATA as well.

    *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett
    *Sent:* Thursday, November 3, 2016 8:46 AM
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 911

    VoIP has nothing to do with that.



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    *From: *"Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>>
    *To: *"Animal Farm" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
    *Sent: *Thursday, November 3, 2016 8:43:37 AM
    *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] 911

    City and County of El Paso offices have Cisco voip all over and
many folks do not like it... Voice quality and dropped calls. Some offices have requested regular lines be installed. I have
    never embraced VoIP.   Shun me if you must.

    On Nov 3, 2016 7:17 AM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

        So people are all up in arms about (well, maybe more relevant
        10 years ago) about VoIP and 911 reliability.

        That's assuming the 911 service is even operational.

        
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/11/02/911-board-calls-for-redundancy-after-outage/acd4nl/
        
<http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/11/02/911-board-calls-for-redundancy-after-outage/acd4nl/>



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