My understanding is that mobile phone service providers are required to transmit/relay all 911 calls regardless of whether the originating device is registered/subscribed to the provider in question. If so, what kind of (preferably minimal and unobtrusive) HW/SW would a generic laptop (running Linux, of course) have to be equipped with to exploit that requirement to have a basic 911 Panic Button capability?
I assume that, ideally, a 911 operator would like to have a conversation with the caller to better assess the nature/urgency of the emergency, but I also assume that's not strictly necessary as long as location info is included in the transmission, as obtained either via GPS or tower-triangulation. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
