> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Joe Greco wrote: > > > > Joe Greco schrieb: > > > > > > > Don't forget, you ought to have a conventional phone line for E911 > > > > purposes, including "what happens when a hurricane goes through and my > > > > ISP > > > > becomes toast". VoIP is a neat technology but it lacks the resiliency of > > > > the traditional phone system. > > > > > > For this you can take your mobile. When my local company (T-Com) decides > > > to allow ADSL without a phone line I will take it. I've got my mobile > > > for cases of emergency. > > > > > > And since in germany there is really no danger of a hurricane the > > > stability of the mobile nets should be sufficient. ;-) > > > > > > I do think the thing that worries me about this trend is the unexpected > > scenario. Right now, we have a fairly high quality E911 system (dunno > > about where you are) and people expect that they can dial "911" and the > > right things happen. > > > > So what if you've got some friends visiting your house and you have a heart > > attack and no 911 on your POTS-via-VoIP? Are they expected to know your > > cell phone's unlock code? Are they required to bring their own cells as a > > prerequisite for visiting? Or is it acceptable for them to have to go > > finding a neighbor who has a usable POTS phone? > > This random thought just popped into my head: Seems like I've read that > any cell handset will place a 911 call, regardless of whether it is > associated with a valid and paid-up account. Is that true? If so, then > maybe we could just attach GSM interfaces to our asterisk box to provide > communications in the unlikely emergency (so long as the LAN and * box > have power to operate, that is). Whaddaya think?
In five years, when GPS cell phone location services are mature and stable, this is probably a fairly good solution. Until then, it suffers the same problems as contemporary 911-via-cell service. :-/ It's that whole early adopter thing again. Heh. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
