Oh well... at least no one here thought E911 was 911 for IM or email (yes... someone once asked me that)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Greco > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] E911 Testing ! > > > 911 Testing is a very complicated issue. For a clec it typically > > involves scheduling with them so they will expect your call. Also we > > frequently use false addresses (that are MSAG resolvable) and some very > > sophisticated PSAPs even have fake addresses that MSAG resolve to a > > "testing" ESN. Translated in english: > > > > 1. I put in a "special address" mapped to a phone number into the 911 > > location database. This is in the ALI database. The primary source of > > data that the 911 centers map phone number to address. > > 2. MSAG (The master street address guide) maps actual street addresses > > to "ESNs" an ESN is an "Emergency Service Number" (or something like > > that, feel free to correct me). It is basically a specific collection of > > Police, Fire and EMS. For example, Your house might use Police "A", Fire > > "B" and EMS "B", but the people on the other side of the street might > > use Police "C", Fire "B", EMS "B" (maybe it's jurisdictionally a > > "different town"). The PSAPs make up a fake address like 1234 Network > > Testing Blvd and they make it resolve to ESN 555 which will route to a > > testing center ("joe") who only recieves test calls. > > > > Ok.. so too much information.. right? > > Definitely. Unless you happen to be doing a CLEC's office, none of it has > any bearing on the original question. :-) > > > here's the short answer. Please don't call 911 unless you have an > > emergency. > > False. Local policies vary widely. Our 911 service here in Milwaukee is > the preferred method for reporting debris on the freeway to the Sheriff's > Department, for example - a dispatcher once scolded me for *not* calling > 911, though admittedly this was only a few years after a truck dropped > some debris on I-94 that ultimately punctured the gas tank of a minivan > containing a large family and lots of people died, so people have been > more sensitive to debris on the highway. > > In fact, around here, it's fairly common for installers to test 911 > service, because there's a danger in 911 *not* working as advertised > under ordinary conditions (someone forgot this or that, not too hard > on a PRI). > > > Find out who your local PSAP is and call the administative > > number for it and talk to them. Sometimes it is hard to find this > > number, but it's out there. Look for Emergency services in "ACME town" > > or "ACME Town 911 Dispatch" etc,etc. Some very small towns actually have > > their administrative lines forward to the 911 centers for those areas. > > Call the police department's non-emergency number and they can help track > down who to contact, if all else fails. > > > Also be aware that if you are a carrier, you are required by law to have > > a signed contract with the 911 agency. This is typically so they can > > collect on the federally mandated 911 end user line fees. > > Most offices aren't phone carriers. Even most offices for carriers won't > have an installer putting in phones that knows anything about some contract > locked up half a dozen states away in the Legal Department vault at LEC > Headquarters. So that's not too useful to the guy who just wants to verify > correct operation of 911 services for an office install. > > The short form: *ASK* your local 911 center what they prefer you to do. > In general, they *want* 911 to work right, and there will be some way to > get you what you need. > > ... 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 _______________________________________________ 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
