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Re: 911, was You're all over thinking this (was: Re:Vonage Selects TCS For VoIP E911 Service)

  • From: Brad Knowles
  • Date: Mon Jul 25 06:55:42 2005 
At 9:55 AM +0000 2005-07-25, Peter Corlett wrote:


 <rant> And why should the UK change its numbering system just because
 a few dumb Yanks who can't be bothered to learn local customs? Does
 999 get through to the emergency services in the NANP? Does 112 work
 on non-GSM phones? How about Australia's 000? </rant>
It would be nice if everyone in the world could agree on a single "emergency services" number, which would work when dialed from all types of communication devices. However, that's a standards issue that would need to be addressed by the ITU.

Until then, we've got what we've got, and I don't see much in the way of operational relevancy here.

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