"dash911" is an excellent answer, stripped of all the condescension.
"Reliable enough" would be even more useful praise than "fairly
inexpensive".
More info about connecting Asterisk directly to the 911 network without
a commercial intermediary is welcome.
On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 16:21 -0400, Brian Fertig wrote:
> ok apparently your new and wet behind the ears on this one. When you
> send ANI or CallerID number to the 911 provider they dip the PSAP
> directory before going
>
> to the 911 controller. From there he/she gets all the information she
> needs before hand. It’s really a no brainer. You just have to make
> sure your customers update
>
> their respective information in the psap directory and your off and
> running.. Check out dash911... They are fairly inexpensive..
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon
> Galbraith
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:16 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Voipjet
>
>
>
>
> How does the company providing E911 services get address info for your
> customer who is dialing 911? Don't they need access to your customer
> database (most importantly, the table holding the address info
> specified by the user as the physical address)?
>
> -brandon
>
> On 8/6/06, Brian Fertig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ohh good lord.. You can integrate asterisk with 911. You don't need
> a
> module you just buy services from the company and setup your dial plan
> to go
> there when 911 is called. Nothing more or less.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Matthew Rubenstein
> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:04 PM
> > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Voipjet
> >
> > How are VoIP retailers supposed to connect to the E911
> network? I
> > don't
> > see any Asterisk module to do so, nor any public E911 interface to
> which
> > retailers can register/report. Does that mean that Asterisk cannot
> offer
> > retail VoIP connectivity?
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 14:36 -0500, VoIP Street wrote:
> > > Dovid Bender wrote:
> > > > End user is defined as ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been using VoIPJet for quite a few months. I use them
> mostly
> > for
> > > > testing and failover when I need it. Tonight, I received this
> from
> > them:
> > > >
> > > > HIGHEST PRIORITY
> > > >
> > > > Dear Customers,
> > > >
> > > > We would like to take this opportunity to STRONGLY
> > > > REMIND YOU that VoipJet is strictly not a service for end-users.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you do not understand what this means,
> > > > discontinue service immediately and request a refund of your
> unused
> > > > balance. Only unused funds deposited in the last 30 days are
> subject
> > to
> > > > refund, as per our Terms of Service. There are no exceptions to
> this
> > > > rule.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > > VoipJet Inc.
> > > >
> > > > Dated August 1, 2006
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So they do NOT welcome my business any longer since I am an
> "end-user"
> > > > even though I have never bothered them for tech support nor have
> I
> > even
> > > > complained about their service? And per their TOS they woudl not
> even
> > > > refund my money. Guess I will be dropping them and not giving
> them any
> > > > more of my money in the future. From now one if they ONLY want
> to do
> > > > business with non-endusers, then maybe they should require
> business
> > > > credentials during the sign-up process...
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > In defense of VoIP Jet, I think part of the issue is that they are
> > > trying to comply with all the FCC regs in the US. I could be
> wrong
> > though..
> > >
> > > As a provider offering "Interconnected VoIP" to "End Users" rather
> than
> > > wholesalers, e911 is suppose to be included.
> > >
> > > We explain this to our by making them agree to the 911 info on
> the
> > > signup page which explains that we are a wholesale offering and DO
> NOT
> > > provide 911 services. 911 services are to be provided by the
> retailer of
> > > the services which he then resells to the "End User". We do not
> however
> > > have any specific way to stop end users from signing up for our
> services
> > > at this time.
> > >
> > > I am sure at some point in the near future we will allow our
> customers
> > > to select "End User" or "Wholesaler" and provide e911 to those of
> our
> > > customers who are designated as end users.
> > >
> > > There are also other regulations that have shown their ugly face
> lately
> > > uncluding the need for VoIP end users in the US to pay into the
> USF
> > > (Universal Service Fund). This has made the whole "End User"
> and/or
> > > "wholesale" user situation even more confusing and difficult for
> > providers.
> > >
> > > For those providers that could care less about the regulations,
> are not
> > > located in the US or just want to fly by the seat of their pants
> do not
> > > have to hassle their customers with these issues. At some point
> though I
> > > suspect they will have to be hassled by the US government :(
> > >
> > > None of this info is intended as legal advice :) Just what we know
> so
> > > far, it's all pretty confusing and we are trying to steer through
> it
> > > like many other providers.
> > >
> > >
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