[Asterisk-biz] IP to Location for 911 Support

[Michael Giagnocavo]

>> As I'm sure you know, IPs are not physical and thus aren't  
>> restricted to a
>> geographical region. An IP-to-country lookup can work many times,  
>> but not in
>> a critical system like this.
>>
>
>Agreed.   I will say the MaxMind GeoIP system works wonderfully,  
>though.   I embedded it into the SMTP server I wrote for work (in  
>C)... it looks up the country of the sending IP and adds a header.   
>The mail system processes millions of messages per hour and we  
>haven't had a single hiccup.
>
>-Steve

What do you mean by hiccup? You've validated millions of emails to ensure
the country was the correct one? My main point was that while doing the
lookup might be fine for web stats or similar, it most definitely is not
100% accurate. Thus, if he is going to disable 911 because the IP-lookup
says something other than USA or Canada, he should know it's a disaster
waiting to happen.

-Michael

> -Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ben Price
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:48 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] IP to Location for 911 Support
>
> Here is my situation:
>
> I have a 911 provider that will provide me with basic 911 service for
> all of North America (Note: I am a Canadian provider and am not  
> required
> (yet) to provide e911).
>
> Here is what I need:
>
> I need a way to determine based on the IP connecting to my asterisk
> server for a clients account # if they are in North America or not.  I
> will give an example below.  This will determine what to do when  
> 911 is
> dialed.
>
> Example:
>
> Caller 1:  Dials 911 while in Canada - IP is checked if in North  
> America
> (True) - call gets routed to my 911 call centre.
>
> Caller 2:  Dials 911 from China (or anywhere outside of North  
> America) -
> IP is checked if in North America (False) - a wav file is played
> directing the caller to find the nearest available land line, etc.
>
>
> Does anyone know a way to add this to my dial plan?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Price
>
>
> FWD: 641915
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