When I was a pizza guy, I called 911 maybe 3 or 4 times to report fires
and car accidents.....every time they answered right away.
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From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 11/3/2016 11:10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 911
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]> 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]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 8:46 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 911
VoIP has nothing to do with that.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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From: "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]>
To: "Animal Farm" <[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]> 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/
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
