>> Frankly, I'm fine with 911 not working on VoIP lines; I have a cell phone >> for that when needed. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I've ever >> actually dialed 911 from a land line. > >You're lying on the floor incapacitated and in agony, suffering from some >acute and life threatening medical condition. Your neighbour finds you. >He picks up your landline phone, dials 911 and hears "911 service is not >available from this phone please use another phone...". He goes looking >for another phone while you die and rest in peace.
And let's not forget the: You collapse from a heart attack at 1:00 AM, dial 911 on your cell phone and go unconscious before the operator answers. You die because the operator doesn't have your location auto-magically popping up on his/her screen. And for the record, the GPS locators currently in cell phones tend *not* to work indoors, so even if you are lucky enough to live in an area where E911 is plugged into your cell phone carrier's locator service, you still have a high probability of being screwed. /Alex K.
