[Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits

[Steve Totaro]

There are several state regulations that any facility over 40,000 sq feet
must use enhanced 911.

"In June 2000, Illinois enacted the Illinois Emergency Telephone Act, which
requires business to put the enhanced 911 systems in place. The Illinois law
affects entities that have a private branch exchange (PBX) or Centrex
telephone system (requiring a caller to dial "9" for an outside line),
occupy 40,000 square feet or more, or have multiple buildings sharing the
same address.

Seven other states have since followed- Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, New
Hampshire, Texas, Vermont, and Washington."

Quoted from
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BJK/5_12/73925177/p1/article.jhtml

Might be federal by now.  I dont think a waiver is going to cut it but it
couldnt hurt.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Pounder" <JonP at inline.net>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits


>
> 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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