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RE: More on Vonage service disruptions...
From: "Scott Morris" <swm () emanon com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:25:14 -0500
Perhaps it varies by state, but I thought part of the E-911 service regulations was that if you were offering (charging) for it, you had to offer it as "lifeline" service which meant it had to survive power outage. *shrug* I guess the original regs weren't written with these things in mind! Scott -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of John Levine Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:17 PM To: nanog () nanog org Cc: fergdawg () netzero net Subject: Re: More on Vonage service disruptions...
There was actually a story in USA Today a couple of days ago where a family tried calling 911 on their VoIP service during a burglary only to be told by a recorded message that they must "dial 911 from another phone"...
I was surprised to see on Packet8's web site that they now offer E911 in a lot of places. You have to have a local phone number and pay an extra $1.50/mo. They remind you that if your power goes out, your phone still won't work, but if you can call 911, it'll be a real 911 call. This still has little to do with port blocking, but a lot to do with the whole question of what level of service people are paying for vs. what level they think they are paying for. Regards, John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
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- RE: More on Vonage service disruptions... Michael . Dillon (Mar 03)
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- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... Fergie (Paul Ferguson) (Mar 03)
- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... John Levine (Mar 03)
- RE: More on Vonage service disruptions... Scott Morris (Mar 03)
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- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... Jeffrey Race (Mar 04)
- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... John R Levine (Mar 04)
- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... Robert Blayzor (Mar 04)
- Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... John Levine (Mar 03)
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