Re: How relable does the Internet need to be? (Was: Re: Converged Network Threat)

[Roland Perry <nanog () internetpolicyagency com>]

> > [1] Should VoIP include 911/999 service, and how does one resolve the
> > various geographic location issues associated with this.

I'm glad that got people talking :-)

[snip - one of the many issues; I think you route the call to India and 
have someone ask the user where they are, then re-route the voice based 
on the answer. But first you need to de-dupe the numbers that are 
Emergency in one country and a normal service in another; say 911 was 
the weather forecast in Greenland... ]

> Personally I don't think the regulators have a clear
> enough grasp of the technical issues to be prescribing
> solutions for this issue.

Some do. And specifically in the UK they have a joint committee with 
industry to get properly to grips with the technology.

--
Roland Perry