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Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

  • From: Iljitsch van Beijnum
  • Date: Thu Apr 28 18:56:58 2005 
On 29-apr-2005, at 0:17, Owen DeLong wrote:


Someone should show them some of the 802.11 based "cellular-like" SIP
phones and ask them how exactly they plan to get good geolocation data
for 911 on those and the soft-phone in my laptop.



Who exactly will I be talking to when I dial 911 from an internet cafe
in Puerto Vallarta through my Virgina VOIP account with a California
Billing address?




You're absolutely right. I submit that if the US government wants
location information for VoIP 911 calls, they should create an
infrastructure that allows people to determine their location. Your
example shows that this infrastructure should also be available
outside the US. Maybe a satellite network that continuously transmit
location beacon information which can be used to triangulate one's
location would do the trick?