So given all that, I'm looking for ideas and solutions that others have implemented to address this issue.
There are at least two solutions available:
1.) Locate the emergency number for your local 911 provider - every single 911 office should have a non-911 number that is still considered an emergency number. How do you find this, simple, call your local phone company and ask them, they should know it - otherwise the local police department will. Then have * dial this number over your VoIP line whenever someone dials 911 on one of your phones and there you go, 911 service over VoIP.
2.) Locate the emergency number for your local police, fire department, and hospital and have * present an IVR asking the person that dialed 911 exactly which type of emergency they have. If they don't respond to this IVR, simply connect them to the police, as all three emergency services can and do field calls for the other services.
For those of you really thinking this through both the options have one MAJOR flaw. Neither of these can provide the LOCATION of the original call. The simplest solution to this problem is simply post a printed copy of your address ON every single phone in your house. This way when the emergency operator answers the line, the person who dialed 911 will be able to tell the operator where they are calling from. It's not pretty, but it works.
Oh, and I think all of this is already discussed on the wiki.
-Chris
Disclaimer: NONE of this has been tested, but there is no reason why it should not work. If anybody else has other ideas, please state them.
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