[asterisk-biz] VoIP 9-1-1 failure - don't let it happen to you

[Joe Antkowiak]

SIP wrote:
> Marketing using FUD always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the 
> people who capitalised on the fear of the Y2K bug to sell uneducated 
> people exceptionally expensive and unnecessary 'survival kits.'

Very similar.  I bet there are many uneducated voip providers out there just 
itching to spend money just so they can say they spent money on some kind of 911 
assistance.

> Yes, it's capitalism. But not all capitalism is savoury -- even to all 
> capitalists.
> 
> That said, I don't think Trevor's necessarily harming his reputation or 
> anything by doing the equivalent of showing a picture of a robbery and 
> shouting "vigilance!"  However, you can't expect that sort of marketing 
> tactic to sit well with everyone. It's been proven time and time again 
> that, while it's quite easy to sell things that way, it never makes 
> people feel good about the purchase.

I agree the method in which it was marketed may not have been...all that 
pleasant and probably won't be effective, I just don't think Trevor was due the 
personal attack he received.