[Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits

[Phil Menico]

Hi Tony,

Only used IOWA because I am all the way in NYC. It is very central and
advanced as far as I am concerned. Next time I will say NEW JERSEY. 

Ask the 911 operations center managers about NENA. They should know
about it. NENA (National Emergency Number Association) are the ones who
try to make policy for E911. Very respected (I believe all volunteers)
people in the 911 community with great knowledge of the issues.

Thank you.

Phil Menico 


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tony Kava
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:55 PM
To: 'asterisk-users at lists.digium.com'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] 911 and lawsuits


> Now imagine this person having his SIP phone in IOWA talking
> to the the telephone switch in New York via VPN and dialing 
> 911. The call will go to NYPD.

Why is it the theoretical VoIP user in such examples always seems to be
from Iowa or Nebraska? I feel compelled to state that not all people
from these states are farmers with pitchforks and SIP phones.  I
personally live in Omaha, Nebraska, a city I that the Census Bureau
indicates I share with 390,006 others, and that may not even include the
suburbs.

I respectfully request that future examples use other sparsely populated
states such as Montana or perhaps a Canadian province from time-to-time.

On a more serious note this thread has been very interesting, and this
911 issue will be very important to our organization in the near future.
Luckily the 911 operations center is located in our basement so
collaboration is easier for us, but when we roll out VoIP we will need
to address the redundancy issues and the location issues for remote
offices just like any other business.

--
Tony Kava
Senior Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa


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