[Asterisk-biz] VOIP and Emergency Numbers

[Nicholas Bachmann]

Rehan Ahmed wrote:
[Please don't top post, it makes threads hard to read.]

>If some one puts a GPRS chip in a cell phone and even if it does not work inside a 
>building, i am sure the service provider can mentain a database of last reported 
>location, 
>
It doesn't work like that though; the location is usually only 
determined when a position request is made. 

>there MUST BE a point before u enter the building, and the ambulance and 
>police can always use that that information.
>  
>
With technologies like gpsOne position information is accessible deep 
within buildings.  See 
http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/gpsone_cdma.jsp.

Nick