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Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

  • From: Jay R. Ashworth
  • Date: Sun May 01 13:05:03 2005 
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 12:55:16PM -0400, David Lesher wrote:
> Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > is there a unique zipcode in shanghai?
> 
> And even Zip+4 plus whatever they have now added to it will
> not meet Big Brother's requirement in the USA.

My issue, David, is not "where is the user exactly?", it's "which PSAP
do I route to?".  Something on the close order of a US ZIP<tm> Code is
fine for that.

Cheers,
-- jra
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