Bottom posting to keep continuity. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Welter Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:18 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] FW: 911 Legislation
jltaylor wrote: > I'm working with Texas State Rep Frost's office on wording for this bill. > Some type of language will make it through this session. > > The language below will make it almost impossible for customers to signup on > the web and provision their own service. > > It appears that this legislation favors the LEC's. > > Cellular is not required to give notice about how 911 may not work properly. > I live so far out that when the electricity goes off, my phone service will > fail in about two hours and the LEC is not required to have me sign off on a > document that warns me of not having 911 after a storm. > The argument that VOIP service is Interstate is a good one. > > However, some type of acceptable legislation would afford us some kind of > protection from the standpoint of "we are complying with the law" > I know enough to know I don't understand this problem. Let's say I install VoIP phones at 123 Main, Denver, CO. Let's say I know that 123 Main is in Denver PD and Denver Fire jurisdictions. Let's also say the PSAP for Denver PD and Denver Fire can be reached using a ten-digit telephone number. What would happen if I sent an emergency call to the ten-digit PSAP number (with the proper CallerID)? What if the number I sent (a DID number) was not in the address database--wouldn't the dispatcher just ask for an address? And what is the difference between 911 and E911. Isn't E911 the address database? Can't we provide 911 service without addresses? _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/li You have not thought of ALL of the BAD things that can happen before the dispatcher can ask for your address. You may be choking, on fire, shot in the throat or mouth, mentally incompetent to describe your location, non-English speaking, stupid!, too scared to speak as they will kill you, mustered up your last bit of energy to crawl across the room and dial 911 where you hear as you die!..... "I'm sorry but I am hanging up now" Afterwards, your next of kin contact the offices of "We Will, and Due Sue, LLP". They then contact me and take everything I own under the premise that; I put you in danger, and showed reckless abandon toward your basic needs or safety. Two years later after my wife and kids leave me for the lawyer that 'cleaned me out' I will sit under a bridge and mumble words like, Voip, Asterisk, PSAP, and "all I wanted to do is save people money".. Understand NOW!!!!! Alex _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
