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

[SIP]

Joe Antkowiak wrote:
> SIP wrote:
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>> 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.'
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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Eh. It's the Internet. My opinion is, if you can't weather a few 
personal attacks, you should stay offline. They abound.

Is it deserving? Probably not. Will it happen time and time again? Of 
course.

N.