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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 04:38:10PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > How about an anycast address implement(ed|able) by every network > > provider that would return a zipcode? > > > > $ telnet 10.255.255.254 > > Connected > > 33709 > > Disconnected. > > $ > are you -REALLY- arguing for the return of "finger" ?? I thought it was clear that I was not. To expand: the problem is the VoIP client being able to *furnish* an approximation of where it is, to permit the selection of the proper Public Safety Access Point (or equivalent). If each end-router supplied that data, through *some* easily queriable protocol, such clients could retrieve it, and then decide (in some fashion) where to send Emergency Services Request calls (or furnish it to their carrier, if they have one, for similar purposes). I Am Not An ISP, Either, but this problem doesn't seem *all* that hard to solve to me... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
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