Here we have PSAPs. Public Service Answering Points. Regional centers that take the calls and re-distribute them to the jurisdiction and service that is needed. Kinda a call screening but it functions well. All 911 goes through the closest PSAP.
From: Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 9:10 AM To: [email protected] 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. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP
