THIS is one of the reasons why 911 got a big issue in North America: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120141,00.asp
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:11 AM To: Toronto Asterisk UG Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] VoIP PBX General Queries -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "John" == John Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> What I'm curious about is why suddenly this became an issue John> only since VoIP since many (most?) PBXs do not work when the John> power is out (mainly I think the reason it hit the media is because of an incident in Toronto involving a Vonage phone. Dad plugged the vonage ATA into the house lines in the basement, not realizing that they did not (at the time) provide an interface to the city 911 service. Daughter dials 911 for reasons I forgot and got nothing. Why I think it hit the media is because *incumbents* want to spread FUD about VoIP. - -- ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/mcr/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQCVAwUBQ0+8YIqHRg3pndX9AQFgaAP+MO5/AjxIramCYW6iTWmltPOAdRNg+mno IbVGAfVzx4Ov3RC6DPj4iF+DRpjcn0RMANb/DBVnxkM2SpeTnP7DcSprrQQlMiMc N85eX+HgqoYIw6GkBb24aiCKPVaLcA781VjIAu1x2Oe/elfaDqSECGx6Uz1XCHi1 8wmRyTyYZjA= =9KnL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
