[Asterisk-Users] Re: Land line vs. VoIP provider.

[Stephen R. Besch]

James Sharp wrote:
> What about having your VoIP gateway system placing a 911 call to the 911
> answering center in the appropriate region and when the 911 operator
> answers, have a message say "This is a 911 call from 123 Main Street,
> Nowhere Nebraska" then connect the caller to the 911 operator.  Legal? 
> Maybe.  Dunno.  Just a random thought that I came up with on the way to
> the aforementioned middle of nowhere, Nebraska.
> 
> 
As far as I know, that's more or less what Vonage does do. You register 
your address with them, and if a 911 call comes in, they forward the 
location info to the 911 service in your area.

Stephen R. Besch