RE: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread Brett Nemeroff
Joe, This is highly implementation specific. Perhaps I can give you some pointers to help you out. BTW, if you just happen to be in Texas, I can provide you with a list. Regular 911 calls are answered by a PSAP. Voip calls also goto a PSAP, but are handled differently. In fact, in most regions

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread John Fraizer
Joe Baptista wrote: I understand that most VoIP providers allow for 911 calling but that 911 service is not the same as that available to PSTN. From what I understand a 911 Call Will Go To A General Access Line at the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). This is different from the 911 Emergency

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:38, John Fraizer wrote: If you have PRI service into your * server, it is possible - though not always easy - to set the ALI database information specific for each ANI (DID number) that you use. I do this with our PRI's. Depending on which number we present to the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread John Fraizer
Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:38, John Fraizer wrote: If you have PRI service into your * server, it is possible - though not always easy - to set the ALI database information specific for each ANI (DID number) that you use. I do this with our PRI's. Depending on which

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: Do you have information on how to do this? This is *precisely* what I want to do. I assumed you set this up with your telco and then set the caller ID to the # matching the address you wanted, leaving the telco to do the address match. In discussions with my telco,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread John Fraizer
Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: Do you have information on how to do this? This is *precisely* what I want to do. I assumed you set this up with your telco and then set the caller ID to the # matching the address you wanted, leaving the telco to do the address match. In

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-17 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
John Fraizer wrote: Your telco really can't *prevent* you from doing PS/ALI. They don't have to make it easy though. Even with PS/ALI, the same database is updated. It's just you doing the update vs the telco doing it. Doing things the Right Way TM isn't always easy but, in the end, it is

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 911 emergency service and VoIP

2004-06-16 Thread Greg Hill
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Joe Baptista wrote: Does anyone know how I can get information on howto contact the people at the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)? Is there alist somewhere I can reference. well, you could dial 911.. ;) But more seriously, I think I'd start by calling the