[Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits

[Jon Pounder]

ever notice the spec sheets from semiconductor manufacturers specifically
exclude the device from being used for medical applications ?

do something similar with asterisk - put a sticker on the box saying "not
911 rated" or something, use at your own risk.

I wouldn't be caught dead (well maybe I would be :) ) without a plain old
phone set plugged directly into one of my analog lines to use in an
emergency. Lots of telco equipment comes with an emergency jack as well
where if the device loses power, or self destructs or whatever, this is
mechanically shunted over to the primary analog line with a relay that
drops out when it loses power.

The phone does not have to necessarily be at the pbx either, it could be
brought out to the reception desk etc.


> On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 10:56, Jim Flagg wrote:
>> Just curious if any of the Asterisk installers are doing anything
>> special
>> to protect themselves from a possible lawsuit caused by 911 failure
>> during a Asterisk/computer crash?
>>
>> I realize that any traditional PBX or even a phone line can fail but,
>> anything running on a computer is probably going to be less reliable
>> than most PBXs.
>
> What do you think most PBXs are? Maybe not a x86, but it is a computer.
>
>> Anybody requiring customers to acknowledge and sign any kind of
>> waiver?  Just the legal fees of defending yourself in a lawsuit could
>> sink most Asterisk installers.
>
> Good question otherwise.
> --
> Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
>
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