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Re: Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service

  • From: Michael.Dillon
  • Date: Wed Jul 20 05:35:21 2005 
> >I see no other way of doing this reliably than to put some kind of 
> >GPS device into the VoIP unit.
> 
> While I agree that GPS is the likely answer, I wasn't expecting the 
> ability to work inside computer rooms and basements.

It doesn't need to work in basements, etc. It only needs to keep
a record of the last location it was at when the signal faded
away. The emergency service vehicles probably can't get any closer
than that anyway.

--Michael Dillon