[Asterisk-Users] E911 Testing !

[Jay Milk]

I have a home-office system running.  I tested 911 by simply plugging my
FXO port into an FXS port which was configured to play an announcement
on 911.  Then picked up a different phone, dialed 911, FXO dials 911 on
FXS, I hear the announcement, and I'm done.

-----Original Message-----
From: Manjit Riat [mailto:manjit at riat.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:46 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] E911 Testing !


I believe the 911 is a serious issue if one does an asterisk
installation in an office. How do you test 911? Won't they arrest you or
something for dialing 911 for no reason and talking to one of their
agents who could have taken a more important call? 
 
On the other hand what an emergency comes up (like someone got seriously
injured) and on top of that asterisk crashed all of a sudden bringing
the whole office PBX down. Since it would be not be possible to place a
call and emergency matter becomes more serious, who would be held
responsible? The person who installed the PBX for not implementing a
redundant and reliable system?