> Of course, the laws you have in the US are somewhat more flexible and > perhaps due to the expansive nature of your infrastructure compared to what > we have here in Australia.
Y'all still have 97 dozen different track gauges on your railroads? ;-) On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:40:05 +1000, Tony Antoniou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apples to oranges dude. > > At least Ford supplied the vehicle with a seatbelt leaving the option of > using it to you. You didn't have to tell Ford you would be needing a > seatbelt installed ... it's already there. > > At the end of the day, if 911 can be accessed by an ordinary PSTN or ISDN > handset, with VoIP as an alternative to those 2 services, you should > therefore experience the same services that PSTN and ISDN have accordingly. > > Of course, the laws you have in the US are somewhat more flexible and > perhaps due to the expansive nature of your infrastructure compared to what > we have here in Australia. > > One thing I can say from my end is that down here, the law enforces the > requirement to support emergency calls from all telecommunications services > and this will include VoIP as well. Working for our major telco here, this > (emergency services situation) has been a very hot topic for us as we need > to guarantee that if a customer chooses to have VoIP as their only service, > emergency services will still be contactable. Proposals so far include > integrated (i.e. NOT optional) battery backup systems, redundant systems at > both the premises (in terms of a dedicated modem within the VoIP device > itself) as well as the exchange. Granted, this is not a cheap venture by any > stretch of the imagination but when you do have an emergency service that > works extremely well and it's required by law to be constantly accessible, > there's a lot of work to be done before it's released to the masses. > > So to answer someone else's question earlier in the piece, is it a privilege > or a right? Depending where you are, it's a right. Seems like it's more of a > privilege in the US given the heated debate behind it all. > > > Adios, > Tony > > --------------- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk > Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2005 5:50 > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim Unable to Call 911 > > It's Fords fault you didn't wear a seatbelt. > > Christopher Fisk > -- > "Wow, so this is a real TV station, huh." -Fry > "Well, it's a Fox affiliate." -TV worker guy > "What are you showing right now?" -Fry > "'Single Female Lawyer.' It's the season finale. Wanna watch?" -TV worker > "I dunno. That's a chick show. I prefer programs of the genre, World's > Blankiest Blank." -Fry > "She is wearing the world's shortiest skirt." -TV worker guy > "I'm in." -Fry > > -- G. Waleed Kavalec ------------------------------- Why are we all in this handbasket and where is it going so fast ?
