If you buy your PRI's retail from a local CLEC or ILEC (and get your DID's from the same company) then you can use them for your E911.
We update the local PSAP database using a app from Omali http://www.om2tech.com/display.asp It works really well. We've been doing E911 for almost three years now without a hitch. I wish things were that easy with Level3... Jon Carnes FeatureTel On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:01, William Lloyd wrote: > I'll preface this by saying I know almost nothing about E911 other > than attending a E911 session at Astricon last week. E911 is way > harder to handle then it should be. E911 has almost nothing todo > with technology, it's simply about the Bell companies with the help > of the FCC squashing most of the small ITSP out of business. > > It's unbelievably messy and complicated to handle. You two options > basically are to make sure every client has an analog line and route > his 911 calls out of that or signup with an E911 service provider for > your customers. > > One of the unknown area's is the legal liability. Someone calls 911 > and the call doesn;t go through for the multitude of reasons VOIP > suffers from. Just imagine the lawsuits you'll be hit with. Maybe a > technically savvy user can sue for stress and worry in the event they > need 911 and they know the limitations of VOIP that it might not > work ;-) > > Sounds like a good reason to incorperate your ITSP company outside > the US. Another reason to use an offshore holding company. > > Browse the intrado web site. They have a lot more information. > > -bill > > On 27-Oct-05, at 10:27 AM, Alistair Cunningham wrote: > > > Brian, > > > > Well, ITSP in a box can of course forward 911 calls out T1s or to > > an upstream VoIP provider. It can also allow users to edit the > > address of the phone and store this in its database. Informing > > users is a task for our customers' marketing departments, though we > > could probably add some text to the add new telephone page. > > > > Is this sufficient? In particular, do we just need to store the > > address on the system, or do we need to transmit it somehow with > > 911 calls, update the PSAP's database, etc? > > > > Alistair Cunningham, > > Integrics Ltd, > > +44 (0)7870 699 479 > > http://integrics.com/ > > > > > > Brian C. Fertig wrote: > > > >> Its my understanding that any ITSP must comply with the US/Canada > >> E911 > >> regulatory service. I don't know the new date as it was changed. > >> Since > >> not all ITSP's have control of roaming users they must have the user > >> understand that it may not work in some areas that they are going > >> to be > >> located while roaming. There are a few services out there that offer > >> this service that cover the country but mainly it must cover their > >> home > >> address. Also you have to give the user the ability to change their > >> address on record in realtime with minimal update time with the > >> databases. > >> ..o-------------------------------------------------------o.. > >> Brian Fertig > >> Network/Systems Engineer > >> IT Administrator > >> Planet Telecom, Inc. > >> Tampa,FL Office > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alistair > >> Cunningham > >> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:00 AM > >> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > >> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] 911 discussion re-run > >> I'd like to re-open the 911 discussion. I know it's been discussed > >> before, but not conclusively as far as I can see. > >> Does anyone know exactly what are the 911 obligations on providers > >> offering VoIP services to residential and small business users in the > >> USA? > >> We'd like to make sure our ITSP in a box product complies before > >> the formal launch. <plug> http://itsp.demo.integrics.com/ username > >> 'guest', password 'guest' for those who haven't seen it.</plug> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
