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Re: FCC To Require 911 for VoIP

  • From: Fred Baker
  • Date: Sun May 01 15:58:17 2005 
On May 2, 2005, at 2:34 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:


How about an anycast address implement(ed|able) by every network
provider that would return a zipcode?
That would be fine in the US, and with some extension in Canada and a few other countries.

No, I think the service would have to be built using some real definition of location (such as GPS) which is offered by the phone to the called party on user command, and the called party then refers that to some clearinghouse that gets it to the right emergency service office.